Hypertext Webster Gateway: "besmirched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Besmirching}.]
To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To
dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
besmirched
adj : especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged
reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished
reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn: {damaged},
{flyblown}, {spotted}, {stained}, {sullied}, {tainted},
{tarnished}]
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