What is another word for besmirched?

“The bed's heart is a wet wound, a pulsing broken sore, with the hint of whiteness under folds of black and ruddy blood oozing to besmirch the sheets.”

Verb

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Past tense for to bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions

stigmatised^UK

stigmatized^US

dishonoured^UK

libelled^UK

libeled^US

lowered

scandalised^UK

scandalized^US

smirched

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

dishonored^US

dragged through the mire

dragged through the mud

reflected badly on

bad-mouthed

brought into disrepute

done a hatchet job on

blackened the name of

blackened the character of

criticized^US

run a smear campaign against

slated

brought shame to

blackened someone's name

blackened the reputation of

dragged someone's name through the mud

criticised^UK

sullied the reputation of

muddied the reputation of

harmed the reputation of

dragged name through mud

given a bad name to

cast aspersion

gave a bad name to

damaged the reputation of

put someone in their place

corrupted

taken down

took down

ran a smear campaign against

showed in a bad light

minimized^US

bastardized^US

bastardised^UK

bestialized

brutalized^US

demoralized^US

animalized

brutalised^UK

demoralised^UK

minimised^UK

demonized^US

demonised^UK

brought into disfavour

blotted your copybook

written false reports about

made lose face

made someone eat crow

dragged through mud

accused falsely

wrote false reports about

caused to lose face

conducted a smear campaign against

spoke of with disfavour

spoken of with disfavour

taken down a peg or two

took down a peg or two

made someone eat humble pie

chagrined

flattened

quashed

settled someone's hash

put out of countenance

let down

put away

had the last laugh on

dehumanized^US

fixed someone's wagon

made someone feel ashamed

brought down a peg

forced to eat humble pie

vanquished

made one feel small

took the wind out of someone's sails

dehumanised^UK

taken the wind out of someone's sails

lowered the status of

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“I regard the continued campaign by some in the media to denigrate and besmirch the reputation of the Navy as quite outrageous.”

Verb

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Past tense for to criticize or condemn severely

slammed

criticised^UK

criticized^US

pummelled^UK

pummeled^US

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

stigmatized^US

stigmatised^UK

passed strictures upon

libeled^US

libelled^UK

hauled over the coals

ostracised^UK

ostracized^US

given something a bad press

ran something down

gave something a bad press

minimized^US

minimised^UK

dragged through the mud

trivialized^US

done a hatchet job on

rapped over the knuckles

trivialised^UK

given someone a roasting

gave someone a roasting

keelhauled

basted

put someone on the hot seat

let fly at

put someone on the griddle

cast down

jawed

lashed out at

gave someone a bad press

given someone a bad press

satirized^US

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

satirised^UK

given something a battering

gave something a battering

spoken ill of

spoke ill of

gave someone a rollicking

given someone a rollicking

hurt

brought into disrepute

blackened the name of

sullied the reputation of

blackened the reputation of

conducted a smear campaign against

frowned on

imprecated

penalized^US

penalised^UK

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

called over the coals

given someone a bollocking

gave someone a bollocking

given someone a dressing-down

gave someone a dressing-down

jumped down one's throat

treated with contempt

sneezed at

put out of countenance

looked down one's nose at

pinned someone's ears back

quipped at

hurt someone's feelings

demonized^US

demonised^UK

snapped someone's head off

bastardized^US

demoralized^US

regarded with disgust

dehumanized^US

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

brutalized^US

talked something down

passed on

made cutting remarks about

exposed to ridicule

made a fool of

made someone eat humble pie

burnt someone's ears

jabbed

turned up your nose

burned someone's ears

treated disrespectfully

expressed a poor opinion of

flouted at

settled someone's hash

held someone to blame

laid out

bastardised^UK

rapped someone the knuckles

stepped on one's toes

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

shot full of holes

taken the piss out of

disesteemed

curled one's lip at

tantalised^UK

held responsible

rapped someone's knuckles

slapped down

lowered the status of

given Bronx cheer

turned your nose up at

disfavored

brutalised^UK

opposed

gave a black eye

demoralised^UK

made someone eat crow

remonstrated against

sent up the river

called to account

dragged over the coals

jumped down someone's throat

tantalized^US

dehumanised^UK

gave a tongue-lashing

given a tongue-lashing

bit someone's head off

bitten someone's head off

taken the mickey out of

took the mickey out of

took the wind out of someone's sails

took down a peg or two

taken the wind out of someone's sails

taken down a peg or two

given someone a telling-off

gave someone a telling-off

gave someone an earful

given someone an earful

blew up at

gave someone a mouthful

given someone a row

given someone some stick

given someone a wigging

gave someone what for

gave someone some stick

given someone what for

blown up at

given someone a mouthful

given someone a caning

gave someone a rating

gave someone a wigging

given someone a rating

gave someone a row

gave someone a caning

lay out

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Verb

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Past tense for to mark or become marked with spots

covered with blotches

Verb

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Past tense for to scatter, or be scattered, in a messy way

Verb

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Past tense for to mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality

branded

stigmatised^UK

stigmatized^US

characterised^UK

characterized^US

denounced

labelled^UK

labeled^US

discredited

categorised^UK

categorized^US

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