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Synonyms for taint
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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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Princeton's WordNet
contamination, taintverb
the state of being contaminated
Synonyms:
pollution, contamination, contaminantdefile, 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, obnubilateinfect, taintverb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
taintverb
Synonyms:
imbue, impregnatetaintverb
Synonyms:
corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putridtaintverb
taintnoun
taintnoun
Synonyms:
infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilementtaintnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
taintnoun
Synonyms:
infection, contamination, vitiation, defilement, pollutiontaintverb
Synonyms:
imbue, impregnate, corrupt, infect, vitiate, sully, besmirch, discolor, contaminate
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#130 | buy | |
#974 | brand | |
#2620 | injury | |
#2915 | spot | |
#3202 | soil | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4599 | pollution | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5621 | cloud | |
#8103 | fog | |
#9481 | contamination | |
#9718 | foul | |
#10000 | poison | |
#10327 | defect | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12091 | mist | |
#12545 | stain | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#13712 | dent | |
#16176 | flaw | |
#17984 | blur | |
#19046 | overcast | |
#19395 | infect | |
#20993 | anus | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#22663 | smear | |
#22837 | contaminant | |
#23782 | stigma | |
#24566 | blot | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#30914 | speck | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33274 | slander | |
#33967 | bribe | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#41477 | sully | |
#42903 | reproach | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#46613 | taint | |
#48486 | deformity | |
#48868 | contaminate | |
#49554 | pollute | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#56562 | imperfection | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#73765 | defame | |
#78097 | defile | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#91218 | disfigurement | |
#96725 | imbue | |
#108001 | defacement | |
#113170 | daub | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#121706 | mottle | |
#124298 | impregnate | |
#130992 | dapple | |
#162847 | debase | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#225345 | besmirch | |
#232391 | misdirect |
How to use taint in a sentence?
The love that the grandchild has for the grandparents is a part of them, and you don't want to taint that with your own issues around the grandparent's behavior. Parents have a responsibility to walk that line pretty carefully.
We are a nation of tremendous wealth. Hunger in this country is the result of policies that keep wages low and funnel wealth to the top. It is the result of a political system that says it is OK to spend money on tax breaks for millionaires and the same companies who taint our economy, but we can't afford to fund meals for our kids in the streets.
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
Its nothing but fake news aimed to smear China, which only indicates how crazy some people have gone to taint Chinas image and damage China-U.S. relations, china pursues an independent foreign policy of peace. We have never started a war with others, not to mention paying non-state actors to attack other countries.
It's a nightmare of a problem, smoke taint is one of the symptoms of climate change for the wine industry and it's only getting worse.
Translations for taint
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- verderbenGerman
- contaminar, impureza, corrupción, corromperSpanish
- pilaantuma, pilata, turmella, saastuttaa, häpeätahra, välilihaFinnish
- infektarIdo
- perineo, guastare, contaminare, macchiare, infettareItalian
- skrukkNorwegian
- macular, contaminar, infectar, corromperPortuguese
- mânji, spurcaRomanian
- besudla, mellangård, förorenaSwedish
- заразаUkrainian
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