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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;
- Example: "The journalists have defamed me!"
- Example: "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
[syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

2. smear so as to make dirty or stained;
[syn: smirch, besmirch]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

besmirch
    v 1: 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" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
         denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
    2: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch,
       besmirch]