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Significados de besmirch en inglés

portugués
denegrir
catalán
denigrar
español
manchar

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.

manchar

To smear all over.

Sinónimos
Examples for "besmear"
Examples for "besmear"
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Who had dared besmear the mirror with those vile words?
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
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At funerals, "the women besmear themselves with the most disgusting filth."
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
3
Some parts they besmear with an earth so pure and resplendent, that it resembles painting and colours.
Tacitus on Germany
4
The Maoris of New Zealand besmear themselves with grease and red ochre as a defence against the sand-flies.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
5
The colours with which they besmear the bodies of both sexes possibly date from the same common origin.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
Uso de besmirch en inglés
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Why besmirch with murder foul the noble shade of that renowned chief?
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
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The whole Russia line was a ruse to besmirch Trump and help Clinton.
The Guardian
3
The letter which would besmirch my name, dishonour and disgrace it for ever!
The Four Faces: A Mystery
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The Long Summer will come again before that one would besmirch his precious honor.
A clash of kings
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After all, why besmirch someone who may yet be innocent?
Helen of troy
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Also I want to besmirch the rich, by designating them by a slang expression.
Moral
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No police head would dare so to besmirch his record without orders from his
Jailed for Freedom
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And yet what had Charleton ever done to that name except to besmirch it?
Judith of the Godless Valley
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However, her plan to besmirch a few colleagues on the way out has backfired spectacularly.
The South African
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From its mouth sulfurous fumes rise, and dark clouds of noxious gases besmirch the sky.
The Tarn of Eternity
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If you fail it would besmirch our name.
The black prism
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The ermine will die rather than besmirch itself.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
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They belittle its history and besmirch its rulers.
Recollections / With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a n...
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Throughout the investigation, misinformation continued to be leaked to the press that attempted to besmirch Jean's character.
The Guardian
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Her cousin hadn't appreciated Thomas's interest in her and had grabbed the opportunity to besmirch her reputation.
The spurned viscountess
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The fact that you are his sister has not deterred him from seeking to besmirch your honor.
The Return of Tarzan
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Translations for besmirch
español
manchar
Besmirch a través del tiempo