besmirch

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. charge falsely or with malicious intent;
attack the good name and reputation of someone (Freq. 2)
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
• Syn:
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate,
calumniate, smear, sully
• Derivationally related forms:
smear (for: smear), calumny (for: calumniate), denigratory (for: denigrate), denigration (for: denigrate), aspersion (for: asperse), smirch (for: smirch), slander (for: slander), slanderer (for: slander), defamatory (for: defame), defamation (for: defame), defamer (for: defame)
• Hypernyms:
charge, accuse
• Hyponyms:
assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. smear so as to make dirty or stained (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
smirch
• Derivationally related forms:
smirch (for: smirch)
• Hypernyms:
smear
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  smirch, defame, slander, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully