soil+tarnish
21tarnish — I. verb Etymology: Middle English ternysshen, from Middle French terniss , stem of ternir, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tarnan to hide Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by… …
22tarnish — tarnishable, adj. /tahr nish/, v.t. 1. to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), esp. by oxidation; discolor. 2. to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully: The scandal tarnished his reputation. v.i. 3. to grow dull or discolored; lose… …
23soil — Synonyms and related words: abuse, acres, adobe, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, area, attaint, bedaub, befoul, begrime, belt, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, betray, black, blacken, blot,… …
24tarnish — Synonyms and related words: achromatize, asperse, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, begrime, benasty, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besoil, bespatter, bestain, black eye, black mark, blacken,… …
25soil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. loam, earth, sod, topsoil, dirt, mold, ground; stain, blotch, smudge, smear, filth. v. t. besmear, dirty, daub, stain; defile, sully. See land, region, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, loam …
26soil — I n 1. ground, earth, Archaic. glebe, turf, marl, loam, humus; clay, dirt, dust. 2. country, land, region; property, premises. II v 1. dirty, stain, spot, maculate, smudge, muddy, sully; splash, spatter, Inf. slop up, Inf. foul up; bedraggle,… …
27tarnish — v 1. dull, discolor, oxidize, rust; dim, mat, fade, erode, corrode, blur; tinge, wash out, decolorize, achromatize, etiolate, blanch, blench. 2. stain, sully, dirty, soil, blemish, taint; spot, maculate, streak, smudge, smirch, besmirch, begrime; …
28stain — I. v. a. 1. Soil, sully, tarnish, spot, blot, blemish, discolor, maculate. 2. Dye, tinge, color. 3. Disgrace, pollute, corrupt, defile, dishonor, debase, deprave, contaminate, taint, blot, soil, tarnish, sully, befoul. II. n. 1. Blemish, tarnish …
29besmirch — besmircher, n. /bi smerrch /, v.t. 1. to soil; tarnish; discolor. 2. to detract from the honor or luster of: to besmirch someone s good name. [1590 1600; BE + SMIRCH] Syn. 2. stain, tarnish, soil, blacken, dishonor, discredit, sully, besmear. * * …
30sully — v. a. 1. Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate, deface. 2. Stain, soil, tarnish, blemish, dishonor, disgrace, contaminate …
