tarnish

Word Type

a.

tarnish Meaning Definition

To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.

Synonyms for tarnish

achromatize,asperse,aspersion,attaint,badge of infamy,bar sinister,baton,bedaub,befoul,begrime,benasty,bend sinister,besmear,besmirch,besmoke,besoil,bespatter,bestain,black eye,black mark,blacken,blanch,bleach,blemish,bloodstain,blot,blotch,blow upon,blur,brand,broad arrow,call names,calumniate,censure,champain,contaminate,corrupt,dab,damage,darken,daub,debase,decolor,decolorize,defame,defile,degrade,denigrate,dim,dirty,disapprove,discolor,disgrace,dishonor,disparage,disparagement,drain,drain of color,dull,embarrass,engage in personalities,etiolate,expose,expose to infamy,eyesore,fade,fleck,flick,flyspeck,foul,fume,gibbet,grime,hang in effigy,harm,heap dirt upon,hurt,impair,imputation,infect,injure,macula,maculation,macule,mar,mark,mark of Cain,mess,mess up,muckrake,muddy,nasty,onus,pale,patch,peroxide,pillory,pillorying,point champain,pollute,prejudice,reflection,reprimand,reproach,revile,ruin,scorch,sear,singe,slander,slubber,slur,smear,smirch,smoke,smooch,smouch,smudge,smut,smutch,soil,spatter,speck,speckle,splash,splatter,splotch,spoil,spot,stain,stigma,stigmatism,stigmatization,stigmatize,sully,taint,tar,throw mud at,tone down,vilify,vitiate,wash out,whiten

Synonym Search Links for tarnish

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