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bn:00086463v

Verb Concept

tarnish stain maculate sully defile

Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically WordNet 3.0

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Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul. Wiktionary

To make impure or dirty. Wiktionary (translation)

To become stained; to take a stain. Wiktionary

The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile

Wiktionary

defile, stain

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