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41besmirch — (v.) 1590s, from BE (Cf. be ) + SMIRCH (Cf. smirch). Our Gayness and our Gilt are all besmyrcht. [ Henry V, IV.iii.110] Related: Besmirched; besmirching …
42soil — soil, dirty, sully, tarnish, foul, befoul, smirch, besmirch, grime, begrime can all mean to make or become unclean. Soil basically implies fundamental defilement or pollution (as of the mind or spirit) {why war soils and disarranges whatever it… …
43blot — n 1. spot, speck, blotch, patch, dot, mark; smudge, smutch, smear, smirch, blur; stain, soil, dirt. 2. blemish, taint, flaw, mar; defect, fault, crack, scratch; imperfection, disfigurement, defacement. v 3. spot, smudge, smutch, mark, ink;… …
44brand — n 1. make, kind, type, sort, class, line; grade, quality. 2. trademark, stamp, label, name; symbol, sign, representation, seal, marker; identification, tab, tag, earmark; insignia, ensign, sigil, signet, badge, crest, emblem; motto, catch phrase …
45daub — v 1. smear, besmear, bedaub, cover, coat, plaster, Inf. slapdash, Inf. slap on. 2. begrime, soil, dirty, sully, bedraggle, draggle, muddy; smudge, smirch, spatter, splatter, slop, spot, stain; defile, deface, befoul. n 3. smear, smudge, smirch,… …
46discredit — v 1. detract, degrade, censure, reproach, make disreputable, bring into disfavor, injure or impair the credit or reputation of, tear down; disparage, decry, demean, deprecate, deflate, devaluate, depreciate, belittle; defame, slur, asperse,… …
47disgrace — n 1. dishonor, shame, degradation, scandal, debasement, vitiation, ill repute, reproach, inglo riousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation. 2. slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander, libel, vilification,… …
48dishonor — n 1. disgrace, shame, reproach, ignominy, ill repute, public disgrace or contempt; scandal, degradation, shameful conduct, dishonorableness, ingloriousness; abasement, debasement, vitiation, fall, downfall, descent; infamy, odium, opprobrium,… …
49libel — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation, scandal, yellow journalism, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace,… …
50reproach — v 1. find fault with, blame, censure, reprehend, criticize; reprove, rebuke, scold, upbraid, call to account, reprimand. See reprimand(def. 2). 2. shame, discredit, dishonor, degrade, abase, debase, vitiate; scandalize, sully, blacken, smirch,… …
