besmirch
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
The journalists have defamed me!
Types & categories
- charge hypernym
- assassinate hyponym
- libel hyponym
- badmouth hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
smear so as to make dirty or stained
Types & categories
- smear hypernym
Related & opposite
- blot derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspersion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspersion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calumny |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slander |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defamer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calumniatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | charge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assassinate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | libel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | badmouth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | smear |