besudeln — meaning in English
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English meaning
- besmirch verb To make something dirty.
- denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
- soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
- spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.
- sully verb To damage or spoil someone's reputation or something's purity.
- tarnish noun A dull discoloured film that forms on the surface of a metal, especially one exposed to air.
Senses
besudeln is used for these senses in English:
- besmirch (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
- denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- soil (transitive) To make dirty.
- soil To make invalid, to ruin.
- spatter (obsolete, transitive, figurative) To injure by aspersion; to defame.
- tarnish (transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
besmirch — full definition
- verb To make something dirty.
- verb To damage or spoil something, especially a person's good name.
denigrate — full definition
- verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
- verb To treat someone or something as if they have little or no value.
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