Crossword clues for besmirched
besmirched
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: besmirch)
WordNet
Usage examples of "besmirched".
His hands were tied behind him and a white cloth, hideously besmirched, concealed his head, or rather the place where his head had been.
Now it rose before him so blackened and besmirched that he thought of it only with anger and disgust.
In frustration, Jerusha grabbed at the besmirched mission dresses, as if to take them home with her, away from the contaminated waterfront, but Aunty Mele held onto them grimly, saying, "Hale Wahine!
The German luna seemed rather bigger to Kamejiro than he did to Yoriko, so on his feverish bed the little laborer worked out an alternative plot that would both humiliate the luna and restore his own besmirched honor.
The Haldane who had meditated "gloomy grandeur" would not have looked at the poor, besmirched Haldane who had just accepted what the world would regard as charity.
And yet it was the general feeling that one whose name had been so sadly besmirched must be kept at more than arm's-length.
Give him a flagon of Rhenish to drink with his besmirched baaren-hauters and lance-knechts.
You play the role of an aggressive brother or father whose family honour has been besmirched by my indiscretion.
His gold brocade beret was besmirched with sticky black lingit webbing from the secret passage.