smirch Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a blemish made by dirt
blot; slur; smear; spot; smudge; daub.
- he had a smudge on his cheek
noun an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
smear; blot; spot; stain.
- he made a huge blot on his copybook
verb smear so as to make dirty or stained
besmirch.
verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smear; defame; asperse; slander; denigrate; calumniate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation

From the root of smear.

To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak.