Besmirch - Crossword Clue

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Besmirch.

5 letter answer(s) to besmirch

SMEAR
  1. a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
  2. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
  3. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
  4. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
  5. cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
  6. make a smudge on; soil by smudging
  7. slanderous defamation
  8. stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
SULLY
  1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
  2. French statesman (1560-1641)
  3. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
  4. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
  5. United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
TAINT
  1. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
  2. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
  3. the state of being contaminated

3 letter answer(s) to besmirch

TAR
  1. a man who serves as a sailor
  2. any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
  3. coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Besmirch'

"Not so!"
"___ funny, McGee!"
A slice of roast topped with dash of table salt
Apron material
Artist's mishap
Asphalt
Attack ad, maybe
Bad mark
Benzene source
Besmear
Billy Budd, for one
Bitumen
Bitumen alternative
Black goo
Black gunk
Black top
Blacken
Bluejacket
Blur
Blur, smudge
Boatman's origins in the arts reassessed
Camel hazard?
Campaign staple
Campaign tactic
Cap'n, say
Celebrity going topless for sailor
Cigarette ingredient
Cigarette stat
Cigarette stuff
Cigarette substance
Complete a street
Concern of some smokers
Contaminate
Contaminating influence
Content of some pits
Contents of a La Brea pit
Contents of some pits
Corrupt
Corrupt document finally isn't
Corrupt leaders in thrash arranged inside Number Ten
Cover with bitumen
Creosote source
Dark viscid substance
Daub
Defile
Deserter’s returning as sailor
Despoil
Dinosaur trapper
Dirty campaign tactic
Dirty mark
Dirty political tactic
Discredit
Disgrace
Driveway covering
Driveway material
Driveway sealer
Driveway stuff
Driveway surface
Driveway topper
Explosive pervaded by a current contamination
Eyeliner boo-boo
Eyeliner problem
Feather bed?
Feather's mate
Feather's partner
Gob
Gooey stuff
Greasy streak
Hull sealant
Impugn
Infect
Informally, it is not corrupt?
It isn’t commonly a stain or blemish
It paves the way
Jack
Jack cheers Romeo
La Brea goo
La Brea goop
Liquid used for preserving timber
Low-cal
Macadam ingredient
MacGregors' leader plunged into burn for cover
Main character?
Make dirty
Makeup applier's boo-boo
Makeup artist's problem
Makeup boo-boo
Makeup mishap
Makeup problem
Mascara mess
Mirror marrer
Nasty accusation given attention by NCO
Naval need of old
Nicotine's partner
North Carolina river
Old hand
Old salt
Old-time punishment need
Oozy roofing material
Oozy stuff
Opposite of purify
Organic sealant
Outdoor sealant
Part of a cigarette ratin
Part of cigarette smoke
Partner of feathers
Pass me a report concealing false accusation
Paving goo
Paving liquid
Paving material
Paving stuff
Pine product
Pit contents
Pit stuff
Pitch
Pitching choice
Poison
Pollute
Pothole patch
Problem with eyeliner
Publish lies about
Ray's bottom is starting to get dirty
Really beat
Rejoinder to "'Tis!"
Road cover
Road crew supply
Road crew's supply
Road goo
Road material
Road sealant
Road surface
Road surfacing material
Road topper
Road-paving stuff
Roof top
Roofer's supply
Roofing goo
Roofing sealant
Sailor
Sailor accounting for most of ship's weight
Sailor cheers end of tour
Sailor cheers run
Sailor from Costa Rica
Sailor gets deserter brought back
Sailor is in mountain lake briefly
Sailor not entirely bitter
Sailor pinching prostitute’s bottom
Sailor putting scoundrel up
Sailor taking part-time soldiers on river
Sailor’s dark waterproof coat
Sailor’s tea urn oddly appearing
Sailor's expression of gratitude, reaching harbour at last
Sailor, colloquially
Salt
Salt content of tobacco
Sea dog
Sea salt
Seafarer
Sealant
Sealer's stuff
Seaman
Seaman army commander finally identifies
Seaman's celebrity son omitted
Seaman's waterproof coat
Shame it isn't contracted
Slander
Slander REM as "pants"
Slander, say
Slanderous attack
Slangy denial
Slide specimen
Slight contamination
Slight on the stump, say
Sling mud at
Small lake would be more than enough for this sailor
Smear
Smudge
Some journalism earnestly shows slander
Something found in a Parl
Something sticky in pie, unfinished
Source of creosote
Spoil
Sticky black stuff
Sticky stuff
Street material
Stuff for surfacing
Stuff in a pit
Subject of a cigarette ra
Substance found in tobacco
Suggest abandoning hospital after soldiers defect
Sully
Surfacing stuff
Swab
Swabbie
Taken as read initially, something black
Tarnish
Thick flammable liquid
Tobacco product
Tobacco residue
Tobacco smoke component
Toni Morrison's "___ Baby
Top player snapping off front tip of stud in pitch
Trace of contamination from certain toxins
Trace of dishonor
Trump's source is not corrupt
Two-lane topper
Unhealthy part of cigaret
Verbally thanks sailor
Viscous liquid from tea urn regularly discarded
Viscous liquid; sailor
Viscous substance used in road-making
Wet mascara worry
What can protect wood in burnt arboretum
What helps to coat a road?
Window cleaner's goof
Window washer's boo-boo
Window washer's mistake
Wood by-product
Worker with two-masters
You don't want it beaten
___ and feather

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