Synonyms for taint
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1. taint

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, tarnish

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1. taint

   Synonyms:
   imbue, impregnate, infect, defile, corrupt, stain, sully, tarnish, contaminate, vitiate, poison, pollute, blot, disgrace, dishonor

   Antonyms:
   disinfect, purify, cleanse, efface, signalize, credit

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1. contamination, taintverb

   the state of being contaminated

   Synonyms:
   pollution, contamination, contaminant

2. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb

   place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

   "sully someone's reputation"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, besmirch, fog, calumniate, foul, infect, overcast, becloud, befoul, maculate, slander, demoralise, dapple, cloud, misdirect, debase, pervert, demoralize, sully, defame, asperse, vitiate, profane, defile, obscure, mist, stain, haze over, smear, denigrate, deprave, mottle, tarnish, buy, befog, grease one's palms, smirch, bribe, debauch, spoil, corrupt, obnubilate

3. infect, taintverb

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism

   Synonyms:
   cloud, defile, corrupt, sully, infect

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1. taintverb

   Synonyms:
   imbue, impregnate

2. taintverb

   Synonyms:
   corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putrid

3. taintverb

   Synonyms:
   tarnish, stain, sully

4. taintnoun

   Synonyms:
   tincture, tinge, stain

5. taintnoun

   Synonyms:
   infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilement

6. taintnoun

   Synonyms:
   fault, blemish, defect, flaw, spot

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1. taintnoun

   Synonyms:
   infection, contamination, vitiation, defilement, pollution

2. taintverb

   Synonyms:
   imbue, impregnate, corrupt, infect, vitiate, sully, besmirch, discolor, contaminate

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1. List of paraphrases for "taint":

   anus, stain

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1. Angus King:

   That's where it worries me that the President apparently has been pressing the intelligence community to find what he wants to find, the question should be,' Where did the virus come from ?' not' Don't you think it came from a lab ?' ... Because if they taint the intelligence before it gets to them, they're going to make bad decisions.

2. Andrew McCabe:

   This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally, it is part of this administration's ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the special counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel's work.

3. Marc Polymeropoulos:

   The motives of his recent moves at DoD and NSA remain unclear and are of course speculative, although the partisan personnel he put in place certainly suggest that he is stacking the deck, ultimately to win the fight over further declassification of intel related to the 2016 Russian investigation, if he did the same at CIA, install a new hyper-partisan director who would agree to further declassification efforts, it would not only expose and compromise highly classified sources and methods, but also taint the agency in the eyes of our international partners. Simply put, that puts America at great risk.

4. Andreas Simic:

   A positive state of mind will take you far, never allow someone to taint your joy of life with the bitterness of their beliefs.” Andreas Simic

5. Meister Eckhart:

   Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.