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tainting
[teynt] 
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taint
[teynt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, contaminate; ruin |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, break down, cast a slur, cloud, cook, corrupt, crud up, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, give a bad name, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tar, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down |
| Antonyms: | clean, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
| Synonyms: | dissipate, exhaust, misemploy, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Antonyms: | benefit, care for, esteem, prize, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | malign; smear |
| Synonyms: | asperse, attack, bad-mouth, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, dishonor, do a number on, give a black eye, knock*, libel, malign, rip up and down, rip*, slander, slur, smudge, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify |
| Antonyms: | compliment, enhance, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up, frustrate, glitch up, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
| Synonyms: | besmear, blemish, blot, discolor, smear, smudge, spot, stain, taint, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | brand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | label negatively |
| Synonyms: | disgrace, mark, stigmatize, taint |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, exaggerate |
| Synonyms: | angle*, belie, cook up, disguise, doctor*, embroider, fake, falsify, fudge, garble, gloss over, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp |
| Antonyms: | be truthful, represent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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