besmirch

English

WOTD – 3 June 2007

Etymology

From be- +‎ smirch.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/
(US) IPA^(key): /bɪˈsmɝːtʃ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃ

Verb

besmirch (third-person singular simple present besmirches, present participle besmirching, simple past and past participle besmirched)

(transitive, literary) To make dirty; to soil.
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation; to debase.
The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.

Related terms

besmirchment

Translations

make dirty

Bulgarian: мърся (bg) (mǎrsja), омърсявам (bg) (omǎrsjavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弄髒 (zh), 弄脏 (zh) (nòngzāng)
Dutch: besmeuren (nl)
Finnish: liata (fi)
French: salir (fr)
Galician: ensuciar

German: beschmutzen (de)
Greek: λερώνω (el) (leróno)
Hungarian: bemocskol (hu)
Italian: sporcare (it), insudiciare (it), lordare (it), insozzare (it)
Portuguese: sujar (pt)
Romanian: spurca (ro)
Russian: па́чкать (ru) impf (páčkatʹ), испа́чкать (ru) pf (ispáčkatʹ), загрязня́ть (ru) impf (zagrjaznjátʹ)

tarnish; debase

Bulgarian: петня (bg) (petnja), черня (bg) (černja)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浼污 (měiwū), 污漫 (zh) (wūmàn)
Dutch: bekladden (nl), bezoedelen (nl)
Finnish: liata (fi)
French: salir (fr), avilir (fr)
Galician: difamar (gl)
German: beschmutzen (de)

Greek: σπιλώνω (el) (spilóno)
Hungarian: gyaláz (hu)
Italian: denigrare (it), macchiare (it), insudiciare (it), lordare (it)
Portuguese: conspurcar (pt), macular (pt), deslustrar
Romanian: spurca (ro)
Russian: пятна́ть (ru) impf (pjatnátʹ), запятна́ть (ru) pf (zapjatnátʹ), черни́ть (ru) impf (černítʹ)
Spanish: manchar (es), mancillar (es), macular (es), enlodar (es), empañar (es)

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