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smirched

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verb

past tense of smirch
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as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes this scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family

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“Smirched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smirched. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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