S: (v) tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile (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"
S: (v) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch (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"