besmirch Definition

sully, smear, denigrate, defame, slander, asperse, calumniate, smirch, tarnish, tar, discredit, malign, blacken, impugn, demean, belittle, dishonor, defile, disparage, desecrate, vilify, traduce, deface, debase, befoul, cheapen, misrepresent, despoil, badmouth, embarrass, undermine, sullying, demonize, insinuate, destroy, disgracing, marginalize, politicize, humiliate, smearing, scandalise, mislead, embarass, bastardize, inquinate, subvert, slandering, exculpate, efface, intimidate, vindicate, usurp, scandalize, crucify, ruin, persecute, obliterate, perpetuate, denude, communalise, portray, destabilize, trivialize, bastardise, incriminate, sensationalize, lionise, blaspheme, misinform, infamize, castigate, trample, blackball, distort, spoil, delude, ingratiate, burnish, foist, mischaracterize, expose, legitimize, lambast, refute, implicate, exonerate, resurrect, dignify, hoodwink, betray, impute, villanize, deceive, conspurcate, estrange, offend, legitimatize, victimize, misquote, ostracise,