Synonyms for besmirch
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-smurch |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈsmɜrtʃ |
Définition of besmirch
Origin :- 1590s, from be- + smirch.
- Our Gayness and our Gilt are all besmyrcht. ["Henry V," IV.iii.110]
- Related: Besmirched; besmirching.
- verb taint
- Xenie, will you permit this man to besmirch the name of him whom God hath sent to you?
- Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
- Also I want to besmirch the rich, by designating them by a slang expression.
- Extract from : « Moral » by Ludwig Thoma
- It was too beautiful to risk or endanger or besmirch with any danger of scandal.
- Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes
- She had nothing but her reputation, and I was about to besmirch it!
- Extract from : « My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI) » by Charles Paul de Kock
- I will idealise you until you besmirch yourself—but you are no child, to do that unknowingly.
- Extract from : « The Barrier » by Allen French
- Love was too fine and noble, and he was too loyal a lover for him to besmirch love with criticism.
- Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
- She consents on condition that they should not pry into her life, that they should not soil and besmirch her innermost being.
- Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
- It is not proper that gentlemen like you should besmirch yourselves by fighting with a low-bred scoundrel like this fellow.
- Extract from : « Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist » by Harlan Page Halsey
- "To lie is to degrade and besmirch oneself," we say, and yet all civilized life becomes one huge lie.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Bread » by Peter Kropotkin
- What joy to be able to tear him from the golden throne of fame and besmirch him with the mud in which they themselves stood!
- Extract from : « Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England » by Georg Brandes
Antonyms for besmirch
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