āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
besmirch
/bÉĒËsmÉËtĘ/
to besmirch
01
āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to talk badly of someone in order to ruin people's impression of them
Transitive: to besmirch someone's reputation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He accused his rivals of trying to besmirch his good name.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to smear or soil something so that it looks unclean
Transitive: to besmirch sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Soot from the chimney besmirched the white walls.
āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
