besmear verb2 •To smear over, to smear all over, to daub.[…] carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move. — 1734 •To damage the reputation of, to tarnish, to sully.His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces, […] — 2012 formsbesmeared · besmearing · besmears