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Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..

Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..

Blemish :: Blemish (v. t.) To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame..

Tarnished :: Tarnished (imp. & p. p.) of Tarnis.

Darken :: Darken (a.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

Dull :: Dull (v. t.) To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.

Stainer :: Stainer (n.) One who stains or tarnishes.

Dim :: Dim (superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

Aspersion :: Aspersion (n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny..

Dirty :: Dirty (v. t.) To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc..

Sulphacid :: Sully (n.) Soil; tarnish; stain.

Cerium :: Cerium (n.) A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air..

Asperse :: Asperse (v. t.) To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character..

Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

Bornite :: Bornite (n.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface..

Injure :: Injure (v. t.) To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind..

Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

Tarnishing :: Tarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarnis.

Taint :: Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

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