besmirch Synonyms

asperse slander smear smirch denigrate defame sully calumniate badmouth soil smutch smudging smudge discolour bad-mouth slur slubber sledge drag through the mire shame ruin stain scandalise run down vilify trash drag through the mud traduce traducing tarnish taint demonise dinge sullying stigmatize pollute polluting muddied daub damage crucify contaminate blot blemish blacken blackening bespatter besmoke besmear begrime