0 past simple and past participle of besmirch
1 to say bad things about someone to influence other people's opinion of them:
His accusations were false, but they served to besmirch her reputation.
Secondly, he was a fellow bishop and these attacks besmirched the honour of the office which he shared with other prelates.
Until we have done this, the conscience of the nation will remain besmirched, and we shall have failed to do our duty to our fellows.
Nothing is gained by keeping him in prison, and the good name of those who are responsible for doing so is besmirched.
Those hooligans have shamed our nation and besmirched our international reputation.
Consider the people concerned in the last two or three tribunals whose reputations have been besmirched for ever.
It can help us to rid football of the hooliganism that has besmirched our national game for far too long.
We do not want our country's name to be besmirched by the disgraceful incidents that have been witnessed over the past few years.
It is such a shame that, often, the achievements on the pitch are diminished and besmirched by what happens off the pitch.
