まみれる

Etymology
From older form. First cited to a text from the mid 900s.

Verb

 * 1)  to be smeared (with blood, sweat, etc.), to be covered in something dirty, to be daubed with something dirty
 * 2)  to be completely defeated and broken in spirit
 * 1)  to be completely defeated and broken in spirit

Idioms

 * : “one loss, smeared in dirt” → “to be completely defeated in one go”