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пачкать; загрязнять; лишать блеска; закоптить; чернить; порочить (someone’s reputation); пятнать; испачкать; очернить; опорочить (someone’s reputation); запятнать; запачкать; выпачкать; марать; бросить тень (to cause harm or damage to (the reputation of someone or something) He has besmirched [=sullied] her reputation/name/honor by telling lies about her. [=he has caused people to have a low opinion of her]. MWALD Alexander Demidov); очернять (grafleonov); бросать тень на (▪ And finally the bloodied body of the victim is carried out of town, a reputation besmirched, a political career ruined. ▪ But under cross-examination, he was accused of deliberately setting out to besmirch her character. ▪ Nor is it the first time that Rupert's good name has been besmirched. ▪ This is just the latest in long line of such scandals, which besmirch the country's financial institutions as a whole. LDOCE Alexander Demidov); замарать; грязнить |
