- taint
- n1. trace, touch, suggestion, drop, bit, dab, spot, speck, fleck, dot; stain, discoloration, blemish, maculation, scar, Med. cicatrix, pit, pock, pock-mark; flaw, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement, fault, defect; blotch, patch, splotch; dirty or black mark, soil, Obs. sully, smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, smear, streak, blur.2. infection, contamination, pollution, poisoning, contagion, septicity; dirtying, sullying, befoulment; corruption, perversion, defilement, vitiation, lowering, debasement, adulteration, weakening, degradation; dissipation, depravity, depravation, debauchery, debauchment.3. dishonor, discredit, disgrace, Inf. black eye, shame, stigma, brand; blemish, attaint, blot, blot on the escutcheon, tarnish.v4. contaminate, infect, poison, adulterate, blight, canker, envenom, empoison; defile, befoul, pollute, dirty, foul, begrime, make unclean; soil, sully, tarnish, stain, spot, smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, besmirch, smear, besmear, streak, blotch, splotch; Inf. muck up, Inf. mess up, litter, strew, Inf. junk up, spoil, ruin; maculate, mark or mark up, blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, damage, harm, injure, hurt, bruise, blacken; vitiate, lower, abase, debase, degrade, devalue, deprave, corrupt, pervert; desecrate, profane, unhallow, violate, despoil, abuse, misuse, ill-use.5. brand, stigmatize, Sl. dump on, drag through the mud or mire, heap dirt upon; impute, slur, asperse, vilify, scandalize; slander, calumniate, libel, denigrate, defame; disgrace, shame, dishonor
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.