soil+tarnish
41deface — v. a. Disfigure, deform, mar, spoil, injure, soil, tarnish …
42smut — I. n. 1. Dirt. 2. Blight, blemish, spot, smutch, smudge. 3. Obscenity, ribaldry, smuttiness, nastiness, obscene language. 4. Mildew, blight, dust brand, burnt corn. II. v. a. 1. Soil, tarnish, sully, taint, stain, blacken, smouch, smudge. 2 …
43dirty — [dʉrt′ē] adj. dirtier, dirtiest [ME dritti] 1. soiled or soiling with dirt; unclean 2. causing one to be soiled with dirt [a dirty occupation] 3. lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc. [a dirty green] 4. obscene; pornographic …
44Tarnished — Tarnish Tar nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tarnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tarnishing}.] [F. ternir, fr. OHG. tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS. dernian to hide, AS. dernan, dyrnan, OHG. tarni hidden, OS. derni, AS. derne, dyrne. Cf. {Dern} …
45Tarnishing — Tarnish Tar nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tarnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tarnishing}.] [F. ternir, fr. OHG. tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS. dernian to hide, AS. dernan, dyrnan, OHG. tarni hidden, OS. derni, AS. derne, dyrne. Cf. {Dern} …
46stain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. color, dye, dyestuff; discoloration; blotch, blot, smear, smudge; blemish, tarnish; stigma, taint, brand. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. blot, smirch, blemish, spot, mottle,… …
47sully — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. soil, stain, tarnish, smear; defile, dishonor, blemish, stigmatize. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To soil] Syn. blot, stain, spot; see dirty . 2. [To defame] Syn. shame, debase,… …
48besmirch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. soil, sully, defile, blacken. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. soil, sully, dishonor, taint, tarnish, smear, muddy, disgrace. ANT.: glorify, honor III (Roget s Thesaurus …
49dirty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unclean, filthy, soiled, foul; murky, miry, stormy; vile, sordid, mean; pornographic; dishonest. See uncleanness, dimness, impurity, cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Containing dirt] Syn.… …
50blacken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. besmirch; smudge; malign, slander. See color, detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make black] Syn. darken, nigrify, make black, begrime; see dirty , shade 2 . 2. [To smirch] Syn. sully, tarnish,… …
