Associations to the word «Besmirch»

Wiktionary

BESMIRCH, verb. (transitive) To make dirty; to soil.
BESMIRCH, verb. (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation; to debase.

Dictionary definition

BESMIRCH, verb. 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".
BESMIRCH, verb. Smear so as to make dirty or stained.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca