? Besmirched in reputation.
单词 | θ133363 |
释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [adjective] > stained or sullied (9) smoterlyc1405 ? Besmirched in reputation. spotted?a1425 figurative. Morally stained or blemished with something disgraceful or defiling. Cf. spotless, adj. 2b. maculate1490 Spotted, stained, soiled; defiled; = maculated, adj. (Now chiefly literary and poetic, in expressed or implied antithesis to immaculate.) blotted1596 figurative. Soiled, tarnished, stained. staineda1628 Discoloured with blood, dirt, etc.; having stains or blemishes. Also figurative, tainted with guilt, disgraced, etc. Often in combination with a… maculated1646 Spotted (now chiefly Biology). Also (now rare): stained, soiled (literal and figurative); defiled. sullied1683 Soiled, polluted (literal and figurative); †made gloomy or dull. tarnished1716 Having lost purity or lustre, faded; also figurative sullied, dishonoured. besmirched1864 |
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