Smirch
English Meaning
To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
- To soil, stain, or dirty with or as if with a smearing agent: "their tough, hostile faces, smirched by the grime and rust” ( Henry Roth).
- To dishonor; defame.
- Something, such as a blot, smear, or stain, that smirches.