asperse

Verbs

(v) 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
besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, denigrate, smirch, sully, smear,

Synonyms

besmirch calumniate defame slander denigrate smirch sully smear

Words of close approximity