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  • past participle of stain.
  • past tense form of stain.

stained





ADJECTIVE
soiled
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
tinted
Synonyms






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He did etchings, lithographs, even stained glass windows - equally at home working with the grandeur of opera design and the intimacy of pen and ink.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

From the floor to ceiling, more than 20,000 books were crammed every which way into shelves they’d built and stained themselves nearly 20 years before.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Property damage looks like stained carpeting, unusual paint colors or damaged appliances.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

All the cracks had disappeared as if they’d never existed, while the hole from the crossbow’s arrow had been filled in with what looked like a small piece of blue stained glass.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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