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Meaning of besmall | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To make small; (figurative) to make as though small.

nonstandard, rare, transitive

Examples

“And loneliness balked my pride, my innate pride, my integral native being, besmalling me all the more, until I couldn't remember myself the way I did last year and the years before.”
“"Weariness too faltered my conscience . . . besmalling me."”
“The besmalled position shocks Tusker to fell sick for a long time and finally die when he is asked to vacate the Lodge.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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