salir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- besmirch verb To make dirty.
- blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
- contaminate verb To make something impure, dirty, or unsafe by introducing a harmful substance.
- dirty adj Unclean or covered in dirt, grime, or other unpleasant matter.
- smirch noun 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
salir is used for these senses in English:
- backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- besmirch (transitive, literary) To make dirty.
- besmirch (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
- blacken To defame or sully.
- contaminate (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
- dirty (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
- dirty (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
- dirty (intransitive) To become soiled.
backbite — full definition
- verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- verb To speak badly of an absent individual.
besmirch — full definition
- verb To make dirty.
- verb To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.