7
sullying(noun, verb, ruination, debasement, slandering)
6
staining(noun, verb, blemishing, dirtying, verdigris)
5
besmirching(verb, slandering, dirtying)
5
smearing(verb, slandering, dirtying)
5
tainting(verb, blemishing, dirtying)
4
blackening(verb, slandering)
4
blemishing(verb, blemishing)
4
blotting(verb, adjective, blemishing)
4
polluting(verb, dirtying)
4
smirching(verb, dirtying)
4
smudging(verb, dirtying)
4
soiling(noun, verb, dirtying)
4
spotting(verb, blemishing)
3
befouling(verb, dirtying)
3
calumniating(verb, slandering)
3
contaminating(verb, dirtying)
3
defacing(verb, blemishing)
3
defiling(verb, dirtying)
3
denigrating(verb, slandering)
3
dirtying(verb, dirtying)
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