OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 22087

besmirch

/bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ensuciar
To make dirty.
empañar • enlodar • macular • manchar • mancillar
To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field
The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.