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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
Randy Quaid

Meaning of "besmirch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BESMIRCH

besmirch  [bɪˈsmɜːtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BESMIRCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Besmirch is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb besmirch in English.

WHAT DOES BESMIRCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dirt

Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions, making them dirty. Common types of dirt include: ▪ soil: a mix of clay, sand, and humus which lies over terrestrial bedrock ▪ dust: a powder of organic or mineral matter ▪ grime: dark, ingrained dust such as soot or ash ▪ filth: foul matter such as excrement...

Definition of besmirch in the English dictionary

The first definition of besmirch in the dictionary is to make dirty; soil. Other definition of besmirch is to reduce the brightness or lustre of. Besmirch is also to sully (often in the phrase besmirch (a person's) name).

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BESMIRCH

PRESENT

Present
I besmirch
you besmirch
he/she/it besmirches
we besmirch
you besmirch
they besmirch
Present continuous
I am besmirching
you are besmirching
he/she/it is besmirching
we are besmirching
you are besmirching
they are besmirching
Present perfect
I have besmirched
you have besmirched
he/she/it has besmirched
we have besmirched
you have besmirched
they have besmirched
Present perfect continuous
I have been besmirching
you have been besmirching
he/she/it has been besmirching
we have been besmirching
you have been besmirching
they have been besmirching
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I besmirched
you besmirched
he/she/it besmirched
we besmirched
you besmirched
they besmirched
Past continuous
I was besmirching
you were besmirching
he/she/it was besmirching
we were besmirching
you were besmirching
they were besmirching
Past perfect
I had besmirched
you had besmirched
he/she/it had besmirched
we had besmirched
you had besmirched
they had besmirched
Past perfect continuous
I had been besmirching
you had been besmirching
he/she/it had been besmirching
we had been besmirching
you had been besmirching
they had been besmirching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will besmirch
you will besmirch
he/she/it will besmirch
we will besmirch
you will besmirch
they will besmirch
Future continuous
I will be besmirching
you will be besmirching
he/she/it will be besmirching
we will be besmirching
you will be besmirching
they will be besmirching
Future perfect
I will have besmirched
you will have besmirched
he/she/it will have besmirched
we will have besmirched
you will have besmirched
they will have besmirched
Future perfect continuous
I will have been besmirching
you will have been besmirching
he/she/it will have been besmirching
we will have been besmirching
you will have been besmirching
they will have been besmirching
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would besmirch
you would besmirch
he/she/it would besmirch
we would besmirch
you would besmirch
they would besmirch
Conditional continuous
I would be besmirching
you would be besmirching
he/she/it would be besmirching
we would be besmirching
you would be besmirching
they would be besmirching
Conditional perfect
I would have besmirch
you would have besmirch
he/she/it would have besmirch
we would have besmirch
you would have besmirch
they would have besmirch
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been besmirching
you would have been besmirching
he/she/it would have been besmirching
we would have been besmirching
you would have been besmirching
they would have been besmirching
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you besmirch
we let´s besmirch
you besmirch
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to besmirch
Past participle
besmirched
Present Participle
besmirching
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BESMIRCH


birch
bɜːtʃ
Christchurch
ˈkraɪstˌtʃɜːtʃ
church
tʃɜːtʃ
curch
kɜːtʃ
Free-Church
ˈfriːˌtʃɜːtʃ
lurch
lɜːtʃ
megachurch
ˈmɛɡəˌtʃɜːtʃ
merch
mɜːtʃ
perch
pɜːtʃ
research
rɪˈsɜːtʃ
search
sɜːtʃ
smirch
smɜːtʃ
wordsearch
ˈwɜːdˌsɜːtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BESMIRCH

besigh
besit
Beslan
beslave
beslaver
beslime
beslobber
besmear
besmearer
besmile
besmoke
besmudge
besmut
besnow
besognio
besom
besort
besot
besotted
besottedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BESMIRCH

arch
Baptist Church
Catholic Church
global search
job search
march
market research
Methodist Church
monarch
operational research
Orthodox Church
porch
Russian Orthodox Church
silver birch
starch
States of the Church
the birch
the Long March
torch
white birch

Synonyms and antonyms of besmirch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BESMIRCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «besmirch» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of besmirch

Translation of «besmirch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BESMIRCH

Find out the translation of besmirch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of besmirch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «besmirch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

污渍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mancillar
570 millions of speakers

English

besmirch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंदा करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلطيخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пачкать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

manchar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলঙ্কিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souiller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Besmirch
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beschmutzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더럽 히다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Besmirch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm ô danh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலங்கப்படுத்திக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेशर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pisletmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infangare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

besmirch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бруднити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

calomnia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπιλώσουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beswadder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

besmirch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

besmirch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of besmirch

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BESMIRCH»

The term «besmirch» is regularly used and occupies the 99.374 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BESMIRCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «besmirch» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «besmirch» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about besmirch

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QUOTES WITH «BESMIRCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word besmirch.
1
Randy Quaid
I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESMIRCH»

Discover the use of besmirch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to besmirch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and ...
[2] For as long as life lasts let them be beggars for alms; whoever should accept an invitation, sin would besmirch him. [3] For as long as life lasts let them be wearers of robes taken from the dust- heap; whoever should accept a robe given by a ...
Reginald A. Ray, 1999
2
An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by ...
Besmear. My honour would not let ingratitude se much besmear it Mercb. of Venice. Besmirch. And now no soil, nor camel, doth besmirch the virtue of his w ill Hamlet. Besmirch 'd. Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch 'd - Henry v. Besom.
Samuel Ayscough, 1791
3
Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
... meddler, var. of hA«bA«P MlAA<R akkalalaf manner of robbing, of moving around hA.4- kiil if a Caliph Ar. kallfa tLA<P kilaf disconformity, unconformity (neol . from Somali) h» A<t kwailafa B to spot, stain or besmirch clothes or any object with ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
4
Vocabulary Dictionary and Workbook: 2,856 Words You Must Know
To besmirch a physical object is to soil, tarnish, or stain it. To besmirch a person's reputation is to detract from the honor of it. A July 1997 Washington Post editorial entitled “Tooth and Glove” said, “It's pretty hard by now to besmirch the name of ...
Mark Phillips, 2006
5
Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
BESMIRCH. • The scandalousremarks in the newspaper besmirchthereputations of every memberofthe society. • # Besmirch (vb)= • * To makesoiled or tarnished • * Soil; defile • * Smirch, soil • Synonyms: • Befoul, begrime,blacken, dirty, foul, ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
6
Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Besmirch. (1) attack someone; blacken; cast aspersions on; charge falsely or with malicious intent; damage; defame; slander; sully; taint; tarnish Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) Since being fired, he has been busy besmirching his former boss .
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
7
Usability Success Stories: How Organizations Improve By ...
BESMIRCH. THE. SEARCH. I would like to offer a story on one particular project that we tackled because I believe that it will eventually have as much impact on sales and profits at jcpenney.com as anything else we did. When the new ...
Paul Sherman, 2012
8
Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes
Besmirch. And now no soil, nor cautel, doth besmirch the virtue of his will Hamlet. Besmirched. Our gaynefs and our gilt are all besmirch'd - Henry v. Besom. I am the besom that must sweep the court clean of such filth as thou art 2 H.vi. Besort.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Fenton John Anthony Hort, 1790
9
America is Indian Country: Opinions and Perspectives from ...
Swift Lies" Besmirch Democracy August 27, 2004 Once again, in the dirty-tricks department, right-wing extremists rule. What passed for "paranoia" in Nixon's time has become the banal routine for how to treat your political opponents. Clearly ...
José Barreiro, Tim Johnson, 2005
10
The Trouble With Cowboys
“Yes, I did say 'besmirch.' Weren't you all in church this morning? Is this any way for good Christians to think? Shame on you all and your filthy minds.” Lisa let out a low whistle. “You dog.” Vaughn burst out laughing, “I don't know how you do it,  ...
Melissa Cutler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BESMIRCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term besmirch is used in the context of the following news items.
1
GOPers run from Trump on immigration stance
Asked about Donald Trump's controversial remarks about Mexicans, Huckabee softened his stance, saying he would "never besmirch all the ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
GOP field divided on Donald Trump's comments about Mexican …
“I would never besmirch all the people who come here,” Huckabee said on CNN's “State of the Union.” “Sometimes, we get wrapped up in how ... «Norwalk Reflector, Jul 15»
3
Huckabee: Of course US can stop illegal immigration
But I would never besmirch all the people who come here.” Trump's actual comments, at his campaign launch: “[Mexico is] sending people who ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
4
The GOP Candidates Who Hate Trump the Most and Those Who …
I would never besmirch all the people who come here." Vote Now: Which Potential GOP Candidate Would You Support in 2016? Florida Sen. «Newsmax, Jul 15»
5
How to Tackle Foreign-Funded NGOs? Ask Britain
... baseless and unverified accusations against the IDF and other activities that only seek to besmirch the reputation of Israel, especially abroad, ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
6
Jeb Bush on Immigration: Donald Trump Anti-Mexican Comments …
"I would never besmirch all the people who come here," said Huckabee. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Trump's remarks inappropriate ... «Latin Post, Jul 15»
7
Bobbi Kristina Brown's Deathbed Pic Irks Bobby Brown
Leola used some very harsh and strong words to condemn the ugly and evil person who is out to besmirch the name of the family and ... «I4U News, Jul 15»
8
Huckabee: 'Redefinition of love' threatens marriage
Asked about Donald Trump's controversial remarks about Mexicans, Huckabee softened his stance, saying he would "never besmirch all the ... «KY3, Jul 15»
9
Huffington Post Completely Wrong In Attack on Donald Trump …
But I would never besmirch all the people who come here.” That's similar to the point Trump made in his presidential campaign announcement ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
10
2 to be tried for 'insulting' the late King Abdullah
The publication reported that King Salman took the decision because the government would not allow anyone to besmirch the name of any of ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»

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