Words and phrases that have a meaning related to besmirch: (109 results)
Often used in the same context:
sully, tarnish, discredit, smear, malign, denigrate, blacken, impugn, embarrass, belittle, demean, undermine, defame, demonize, taint, insinuate, destroy, disparage, disgracing, marginalize, vilify, politicize, humiliate, dishonor, traduce, scandalise, desecrate, mislead, embarass, slander, bastardize, subvert, exculpate, efface, intimidate, defile, debase, vindicate, usurp, scandalize, crucify, ruin, persecute, obliterate, perpetuate, denude, deface, misrepresent, communalise, portray, destabilize, trivialize, bastardise, incriminate, sensationalize, lionise, blaspheme, misinform, castigate, trample, blackball, distort, spoil, delude, ingratiate, burnish, badmouth, foist, mischaracterize, expose, legitimize, lambast, refute, implicate, exonerate, resurrect, dignify, despoil, hoodwink, cheapen, betray, impute, deceive, estrange, offend, legitimatize, victimize, misquote, ostracise, nobble, confuse, undercut, befoul, mythologise, dehumanise, emasculate, curry favor, obfuscate, satirise, overawe, mythologize, punish
More specific:
drag through the mud, libel
Synonyms:
Also try:asperse, calumniate, smirch
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