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taint
verb
- To become or cause to become rotten or unsound: break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, turn.
Idioms:
go bad, go to pot, go to seed. See
better, thrive
- To make morally impure: contaminate, corrupt, defile, infect, pollute, soil. See
clean
- To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, tarnish.
Idioms:
give a black eye to, sling (or throw) mud on. See
attack, clean
noun
- A mark of discredit or disgrace: black eye, blemish, blot, onus, spot, stain, stigma, tarnish.
Archaic: attaint.
Idiom:
a blot on one's escutcheon. See
marks, respect
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