besmirch /bi-smûrchˈ/

1. To soil, eg with smoke or dirt (literary)
2. To sully (a reputation, etc)

• catered
• caterer
• caterers
• cateress
• cateresses
• catering
• caterings
• caterpillar
• caterpillars
• caters
• caterwaul
• caterwauled
• caterwauling
• caterwaulings
• caterwauls
• cates
• cat-eyed
• cat-fight
• cat-fights
• catfish
• catfishes
• catflap
• catgut
• catguts
• cath.