verb
- present participle of besmudge; to make dirty or stained with smudges; to soil or smear
Usage: formal or literary; often used figuratively to mean damaging a reputation or honor
Examples
- The child was besmudging the white walls with charcoal.
- Careless handling was besmudging the delicate manuscript pages.
- He worried about besmudging his family's good name with scandal.
- The rain was besmudging the freshly washed windows.
- She accused him of besmudging her reputation with false accusations.
- The artist's hands were besmudging the canvas as she worked.