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What is another word for
besmirches
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To cause to become soiled or dirty
To bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
To criticize severely and reject as worthless
To mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality
Verb
▲
To cause to become soiled or dirty
defiles
stains
befouls
soils
contaminates
pollutes
spoils
spots
taints
tarnishes
dirties
sullies
smirches
begrimes
bemires
blackens
daubs
distains
fouls
gaums
grimes
mires
mucks
muddies
smudges
damages
injures
ruins
blots
discolours
UK
discolors
US
smears
spatters
marks
corrupts
tars
bespatters
splashes
makes dirty
blotches
splatters
messes up
blemishes
denigrates
bedaubs
debases
splotches
flecks
specks
splodges
streaks
besmears
darkens
maculates
dots
makes impure
disgraces
scatters
adulterates
sploshes
coats
besoils
mucks up
makes filthy
clouds
speckles
mottles
peppers
sprinkles
stipples
freckles
marbles
dapples
poisons
shoots
covers
anoints
strews
bestrews
infects
spreads
musses
vilifies
debauches
besprinkles
tinges
studs
slabbers
blacks
makes muddy
slushes
gets dirty
litters
gets filthy
makes unclean
cakes with dirt
makes sooty
makes mucky
encrusts
draggles
smutches
makes dusty
makes black
makes darker
bloodies
dashes
plashes
scars
blights
sows
sprays
defaces
desecrates
paints
makes grimy
degrades
cakes with mud
pimples
fades
cakes with soil
shades
slops
impairs
ebonizes
inks
plasters
stripes
blobs
trashes
roils
murks
riles
rusts
beclouds
scuzzes up
makes dark
makes smoky
dyes
bruises
makes foul
messes
makes murky
makes cloudy
makes blacker
clouds up
colors
US
dulls
colours
UK
musses up
clutters
bespeckles
showers
dusts
bestuds
variegates
clutters up
makes a mess of
makes a shambles of
drops litter
makes untidy
vitiates
patches
covers with blotches
dents
touches
alloys
profanes
toxifies
infests
disfigures
imprints
pits
impresses
notches
chips
scratches
nicks
cuts
scores
gashes
scrapes
chalks
blazes
checks
strokes
more ❯
“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
▲
To bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
sullies
defames
disgraces
slanders
debases
tarnishes
traduces
blots
discredits
maligns
shames
smears
stains
stigmatises
UK
stigmatizes
US
taints
vilifies
censures
degrades
dishonours
UK
knocks
rubbishes
slurs
befouls
belittles
calumniates
decries
denigrates
disparages
reproaches
soils
asperses
assails
besmears
damages
defiles
injures
libels
lowers
scandalises
UK
scandalizes
US
smirches
spoils
blackens
muckrakes
spots
attacks
blotches
derides
derogates
dishonors
US
disrespects
reduces
rips
breathes on
brings discredit to
drags through the mire
drags through the mud
reflects badly on
bad-mouths
brings into disrepute
brings shame on
brings shame upon
slags off
speaks ill of
tars and feathers
does a number on
gives a black eye
rips up and down
flings mud at
slings mud at
casts a slur on
spreads scandal about
does a hatchet job on
gives a bad name
runs smear campaign
blemishes
runs down
casts aspersions on
poisons
reviles
undermines
blights
ruins
vilipends
slights
insults
blackens the name of
vitiates
compromises
speaks evil of
tears down
throws mud at
embarrasses
harms
depraves
perverts
abases
demeans
puts in a bad light
cheapens
fouls
blisters
desecrates
takes down
corrupts
tells lies about
humiliates
gives a bad name to
hurts
humbles
debauches
darkens
roasts
slams
chastens
diminishes
pans
misrepresents
destroys
scorches
vituperates
impugns
prejudices
puts down
brings shame to
runs a smear campaign against
blackens someone's name
shows in a bad light
drags down
drags someone's name through the mud
spreads lies about
blackens the character of
dumps on
speaks badly of
blackens the reputation of
touches
impairs
deprecates
depreciates
defaces
disses
flaws
trashes
bastardizes
US
detracts
profanes
slates
sinks
backbites
endamages
abuses
belies
badmouths
criticizes
US
devalues
villainizes
burlesques
caricatures
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
weakens
mortifies
bastardises
UK
pollutes
criticises
UK
snubs
shoots down
shows up
reflects negatively
slings mud
pulls to pieces
has a go at
damages the reputation of
writes false reports about
spreads tales about
drags name through mud
sullies the reputation of
brings dishonour to
muddies the reputation of
casts in a bad light
marks wrong
harms the reputation of
dirties
warps
offends
brutalizes
US
demoralizes
US
brutalises
UK
demoralises
UK
blackguards
slags
violates
demonises
UK
demonizes
US
brands
drags through mud
makes lose face
gossips about
casts slur on
lies about
mocks
attaints
ridicules
disregards
owns
bemeans
downgrades
conducts a smear campaign against
has a pop at
speaks of with disfavour
subverts
loses face
brings low
brings down
tars
casts aspersion
accuses falsely
takes down a peg
puts someone in their place
causes to lose face
makes someone eat crow
takes down a peg or two
cuts down to size
deteriorates
exposes
lowers the status of
cuts down
casts down
casts a slur
minimizes
US
disesteems
dismisses
lessens
discounts
sneers
strumpets
plasters
hits
blasphemes
contaminates
adulterates
blots your copybook
minimises
UK
detracts from
pooh-poohs
brings into disfavour
vulgarizes
US
trash-talks
vulgarises
UK
bestializes
plays down
pulls apart
pours scorn on
talks down
cries down
writes off
kisses off
rips up
bad mouths
gives black eye
criticizes unfairly
devastates
breaks
smashes
dilapidates
wrecks
crushes
demolishes
ravages
razes
disfigures
shatters
sabotages
vandalizes
US
annihilates
guts
nicks
mangles
dismantles
totals
corrodes
crabs
shocks
wrenches
vandalises
UK
saps
messes up
louses up
mucks up
causes detriment to
handles roughly
does mischief to
condemns
bashes
berates
lambastes
castigates
excoriates
scolds
blasts
denounces
hold cheap
scorns
rebukes
savages
hammers
upbraids
takes to pieces
trivializes
US
undervalues
reproves
underrates
lays into
rails against
inveighs against
trivialises
UK
tears into
lambasts
reprimands
hits out at
does down
scathes
chides
potshots
belabors
US
underestimates
skewers
curses
minifies
contemns
deflates
misprizes
raps
downplays
belabours
UK
dispraises
marginalizes
US
flames
jumps on
cuts to the quick
discountenances
marginalises
UK
fulminates against
tongue-lashes
scoffs at
sneers at
picks holes in
treats lightly
makes light of
chastises
admonishes
monsters
nags
accuses
carpets
lectures
pummels
US
zings
rates
bags
flays
taunts
crucifies
persecutes
oppresses
abashes
understates
harangues
disdains
chagrins
hoses
slangs
skins alive
squashes
dresses down
take issue with
bawls out
finds fault with
tells off
rakes over the coals
causes to feel small
takes to task
rips into
makes ashamed
calls down
laughs at
laughs off
reads the riot act
vituperates against
makes a fool of
chews out
puts to shame
gives someone a dressing-down
makes someone eat humble pie
lampoons
demotes
puts hooks in
faults
disconcerts
spurns
rides
miscalls
insinuates
sells short
looks down on
makes uncomfortable
makes someone feel ashamed
subdues
reprobates
calls names
blows off
cusses out
shouts at
swears at
discomfits
cuts up
reams
injures one's reputation
damages one's good name
hits where one lives
takes apart
quashes
rags
gives a talking-to
withers
keelhauls
lays down the law
reprehends
swipes at
bastes
vanquishes
confuses
comes down on
thumbs nose at
throws the book at
cuts to shreds
objurgates
scores
puts out of countenance
settles someone's hash
takes the wind out of your sails
jaws
trims
punishes
slashes
strikes
scourges
shellacs
cudgels
slaps
smothers
pitches into
ticks off
calls over the coals
reams out
laces into
lashes into
rails at
hauls over the coals
rants at
squelches
pillories
shoots full of holes
takes a swipe at
digs
jinxes
rails
blames
lashes
growls
riles
throws brickbats at
rags on
tears a strip off
yells at
sails into
ties into
barks at
beats up on
finds fault
lights into
more ❯
“I regard the continued campaign by some in the media to denigrate and
besmirch
the reputation of the Navy as quite outrageous.”
Verb
▲
To criticize severely and reject as worthless
rubbishes
knocks
denigrates
disparages
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
attacks
censures
vilifies
slams
condemns
slates
maligns
pans
lambastes
hammers
deprecates
slurs
roasts
savages
trashes
blasts
asperses
denounces
derogates
pillories
crucifies
disses
pummels
US
skewers
excoriates
monsters
bags
flames
arraigns
slashes
reprehends
mauls
rates
reprobates
objurgates
sledges
bad-mouths
slags off
runs down
pulls apart
lays into
finds fault with
puts down
casts aspersions on
rails against
inveighs against
pours scorn on
pulls to pieces
has a go at
tears into
picks holes in
throws brickbats at
disapproves of
hits out at
cuts up
carps at
cavils at
laces into
nitpicks about
gives a bad press to
vituperates against
gives flak to
picks to pieces
animadverts on
gives some stick to
bags on
nags at
passes strictures upon
castigates
bashes
scathes
chastises
reproves
reprimands
faults
slags
dresses down
fulminates against
flays
reviles
vituperates
rips
jumps on
finds fault
cuts down
nit-picks
takes down
picks at
comes down on
abuses
lambasts
assails
potshots
belabors
US
rebukes
scolds
reproaches
upbraids
belabours
UK
decries
lashes
nitpicks
scorches
judges
blisters
takes to task
denunciates
blames
dispraises
throws shade
skins
scoffs at
nitpicks over
tears to shreds
does down
passes judgment
gets at
finds lacking
berates
carpets
ridicules
lampoons
bawls out
scourges
chews out
gets angry with
tears to pieces
criticizea severely
hauls over the coals
reads the riot act
shoots down
proscribes
tears apart
animadverts upon
gives a rocket
tears off a strip
tears a strip off
discredits
rejects
lashes into
deplores
execrates
anathematizes
stigmatizes
US
impugns
declaims
prosecutes
ostracises
UK
calls out
shows up
stigmatises
UK
declaims against
charges with
indicts
impeaches
ostracizes
US
gives something a bad press
fustigates
chides
carps
clobbers
trims
slogs
raps
zaps
inveighs
hits
slugs
fluffs
skins alive
does a number on
gives bad press
complains about
gives the business
cuts to bits
admonishes
lectures
tells off
reams out
gives someone a roasting
gives someone hell
harangues
rants at
rails at
pitches into
gives someone a dressing-down
scores
takes apart
takes to pieces
rakes over the coals
raps over the knuckles
gives someone a rollicking
rags
canes
bastes
tongue-lashes
bollocks
remonstrates with
ticks off
rips into
keelhauls
calls down
jaws
lets someone have it
gives someone a bollocking
smears
lights into
gives someone a bad press
rollicks
calumniates
sails into
pulls up
gives a talking-to
curses
gives someone a telling-off
rails
gives someone an earful
gives someone a mouthful
vilipends
reams
insults
defames
minimizes
US
belittles
discounts
slanders
does a hatchet job on
lashes out at
gives someone a wigging
gives someone a rating
gives someone a row
gives someone what for
traduces
minimises
UK
backbites
slaps
slangs
wigs
chastens
rows
animadverts
cries down
slights
nags
goes for the jugular
calls over the coals
sends someone away with a flea in their ear
blows up
gives someone a caning
gives something a battering
gives someone some stick
libels
depreciates
taunts
abominates
persecutes
oppresses
drubs
hoses
scarifies
injures
contemns
punishes
scorns
remonstrates
burns someone's ears
crawls all over
raves at
shellacs
ties into
pins your ears back
beats up on
dumps on
trash-talks
puts someone on the griddle
cusses out
shouts at
swears at
casts a slur on
puts someone on the hot seat
lays down the law
lams into
puts on the mat
lets fly at
jumps down one's throat
gives someone bondi
slaps down
blows up at
wades into
slaps someone's wrist
scratches
cuts
offends
exprobrates
refutes
imprecates
whips
beats
takes
brands
destroys
heaps
rides
zings
miscalls
disciplines
comminates
badmouths
exprobates
strikes
derides
cudgels
argues with
assaultsq verbally
chews
smothers
cavils
jumps down someone's throat
complains of
objects to
thunders against
remonstrates against
expresses a poor opinion of
has words with
calls names
cuts to the quick
blows off
disagrees with
weighs into
rebuffs
incriminates
digs into
diminishes
piles in
tears someone a new one
gives someone a telling off
gives someone a dressing down
shows someone up
criticizes harshly
exposes to ridicule
starts on
starts in
dismisses
explodes
jumps all over
takes to the woodshed
gives one hell
criticizes hatefully
goes on at
eats out
gives someone a carpeting
takes on
holds up to shame
gives a tongue-lashing
sets upon
raps knuckles
lashes out
bites someone's head off
jumps on one's case
snaps someone's head off
gives a black eye
disgraces
picks apart
gets after
looks askance
lets fly
despises
undervalues
rages
lowers
detests
accuses
underrates
rants
growls
riles
keeps nothing back
erupts with anger
abhors
underestimates
detracts
spouts
hates
loathes
downgrades
drags over the coals
leans on
raps someone the knuckles
lays out
storms
devalues
complains
thunders
disapproves
regards with disgust
plays down
talks down
yells at
frames
feels aversion to
barks at
writes off
protests
names
pronounces
adjudges
feels disgust for
kisses off
feels revulsion to
fumes
marks down
snipes at
takes swipe at
raves
huffs
fulminates
declares unfit
puts away
sends up
speaks out
points finger at
pins it on
blows whistle on
hangs something on
lays at one's door
rants and raves
sends up the river
goes on about
takes a stand
makes a stand
vociferates about
kicks up a stink about
mouths off about
kicks up a fuss about
protests against
more ❯
Verb
▲
To mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality
brands
stigmatises
UK
stigmatizes
US
characterises
UK
characterizes
US
denounces
labels
discredits
categorises
UK
categorizes
US
classes
classifies
disgraces
exposes
marks
vilifies
defames
describes
identifies
pillories
calls
names
taints
marks out
accuses of being
labels negatively
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