besmirch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: besmirch	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for besmirch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
besmirch v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch smear so as to make dirty or stained Synonym(s): smirch, besmirch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmirching}.] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. --Shak.