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View synonyms for besmear
besmear
[ bih-smeer ]
verb (used with object)
- to smear all over; bedaub.
- to sully; defile; soil:
to besmear someone's reputation.
besmear
/ bɪˈsmɪə /
verb
- to smear over; daub
- to sully; defile (often in the phrase besmear ( a person's ) reputation )
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- be·smearer noun
- unbe·smeared adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
His intensity of loathing leads him to besmear his antagonists with filth.
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Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?
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They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.
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Madame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.
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The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.
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