Definition of tarnish

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Tarnish (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.

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Tarnishing :: Tarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarnis.
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Contaminate :: Contaminate (v. t.) To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile..
Tarnisher :: Tarnisher (n.) One who, or that which, tarnishes..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
Spot :: Spot (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse..
Dull :: Dull (v. t.) To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
Sulphacid :: Sully (n.) Soil; tarnish; stain.
Soil :: Soil (n.) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully..
Blemish :: Blemish (v. t.) To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame..
Smoky :: Smoky (superl.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) 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..
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..
Stainer :: Stainer (n.) One who stains or tarnishes.
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
Tarnish :: Tarnish (n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite..
Darken :: Darken (a.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
Sullies :: Sully (v. i.) To become soiled or tarnished.
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
Slander :: Slander (v. t.) To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
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