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"
W: (n) defamer [Related to: defame] (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)
W: (n) slander [Related to: slander] (an abusive attack on a person's character or good name)
W: (n) slander [Related to: slander] (words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another)
W: (n) slanderer [Related to: slander] (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)
W: (n) smirch [Related to: smirch] (an act that brings discredit to the person who does it) "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
W: (n) aspersion [Related to: asperse] (a disparaging remark) "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
W: (n) aspersion [Related to: asperse] (an abusive attack on a person's character or good name)
W: (adj) denigratory [Related to: denigrate] ((used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign)