弄脏 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backbite verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
- besmirch verb To make something dirty.
- blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
- dirty adj Unclean or covered in dirt, grime, or other unpleasant matter.
- smirch noun A mark of dirt, or a stain.
- soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
- sully verb To damage or spoil someone's reputation or something's purity.
Senses
弄脏 is used for these senses in English:
- backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- besmirch (transitive, literary) To make dirty.
- blacken To defame or sully.
- dirty (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
- smirch (transitive, archaic) To dirty; to make dirty.
- soil (transitive) To make dirty.
- sully (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
backbite — full definition
- verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
- verb To criticise someone nastily while they aren't there to hear it.
- verb To talk unkindly about someone who is not present.
besmirch — full definition
- verb To make something dirty.
- verb To damage or spoil something, especially a person's good name.
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