1. to make dirty or stained; to smudge or soil
Usage: transitive verb; somewhat formal or literary

Examples

• The child's hands were besmudged with chocolate after eating the cake.
• Rain besmudged the car's windshield with mud and dust.
• He tried not to besmudge his new white shirt while working in the garden.
• The artist's charcoal drawings were besmudged where she had rubbed them with her hand.
• Soot from the fireplace besmudged the walls of the old cottage.
• Her reputation was besmudged by false accusations.
• The windows were besmudged with fingerprints and grime.