| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To contaminate, defile or pollute.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To befoul or smirch. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To soil, stain or smear.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb besmirch.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (besmirch) | 1. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.[Wordnet]. 2. Smear so as to make dirty or stained.[Wordnet]. 3. To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: besmirching, besmirched, besmirches, besmircher, besmirchers, besmirchingly and besmirchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "BESMIRCHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references) |
Specialty Definition: besmirch
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To soil; to foul; to discolor. [Little used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To make dirty; to soil. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To tarnish, especially someone's reputation; to debase. The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor. (references) | |
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