Synonyms for tainted
taint·ed

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1. taintedadjective

   Synonyms:
   impure, imperfect, corrupt

2. taintedadjective

   corrupted or filled with imperfections.

   Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, corrupt, impure

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1. tainted

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Antonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

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1. corrupt, taintedadjective

   touched by rot or decay

   "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

   Synonyms:
   crooked, corrupt, corrupted

   Antonyms:
   fresh

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1. molested

   the color red has been molested by the maga crowd.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. taintedadjective

   Synonyms:
   infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted

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1. List of paraphrases for "tainted":

   tarnished, vitiated, marred, contaminated, sullied, stained, flawed, tinted, smudged

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1. Tyre Nichols:

   They worked in teams, most officers on the team participated in an arrest, so if all the people are going to be on a Scorpion team, I think it could be hard for the [district attorney] to piece that case back together once it’s been tainted by the Scorpion [unit].

2. Cory Booker:

   We as a nation have not yet truly acknowledged and grappled with racism and white supremacy that has tainted this countrys founding, it continues to persist in those deep racial disparities and inequalities today.

3. Reporter Michael Schmidt:

   What the Steele dossier does is it reflects the fevered pitch of the moment. The left was terrified about Donald Trump, they were terrified about what a Donald Trump presidency could do. So they grasped for anything that they could, it allowed them to provide a narrative to how Donald Trump was being unfairly tainted by this.

4. C. P. Scott:

   The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.

5. Sonoma County Supervisor Susan Gorin:

   The fruit on the vines are going to be left to rot, they are smoke-tainted.