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besmutching

besmutching is the present participle and gerund of besmutch.

Meaning of besmutch

Verb

besmutch (third-person singular simple present besmutches, present participle besmutching, simple past and past participle besmutched)

  1. (transitive) To besmirch.

Questions about besmutching

What is besmutching the present participle and gerund of?
Besmutching is the present participle and gerund of besmutch.

Words near besmutching in the dictionary

  1. besmudging
  2. besmut
  3. besmutch
  4. besmutched
  5. besmutches
  6. besmutching
  7. besmuts
  8. besmutted
  9. besmutting
  10. Besnaga
  11. Besnagar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besmutching (page history and authors); besmutch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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