Definition for Taint:

• To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Synonyms for Taint:

• n.

  •
  • decay,
  • neutralize,
  • cost.
  •
  • deteriorate.
  •adulteration (noun)
  • contamination.
  •blemish (noun)
  • maculation,
  • macula.
  •coloring (noun)
  • tincture.
  •contaminant (noun)
  • impurity.
  •contamination, corruption (noun)
  • stigma,
  • pollution,
  • black mark,
  • dishonor,
  • infection,
  • fault.
  •imperfection (noun)
  • inadequacy.

• v.

  •blemish (verb)
  • scar,
  • freckle,
  • hurt,
  • notch,
  • scuff,
  • score,
  • scratch,
  • distort,
  • nick,
  • pockmark,
  • discolor,
  • fracture,
  • blister,
  • check,
  • kink,
  • slit,
  • mark,
  • deface,
  • fleck,
  • damage,
  • disfigure,
  • speck,
  • stain,
  • scrape,
  • splotch,
  • gash,
  • hack,
  • chip,
  • deform,
  • dot,
  • abrade.
  •dirty (verb)
  • muddy,
  • streak,
  • besmirch,
  • befoul.
  •dirty, contaminate; ruin (verb)
  • cast a slur,
  • crumble,
  • deprave,
  • stigmatize,
  • spike,
  • cut,
  • trash,
  • cook,
  • water down,
  • crud up,
  • doctor,
  • water,
  • give a bad name,
  • cloud.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • traduce,
  • harm,
  • shame,
  • impugn,
  • clobber,
  • doom,
  • offset,
  • undermine,
  • impair,
  • coarsen,
  • overshadow,
  • demean.
  •
  • dehumanize,
  • bite,
  • black eye,
  • cheapen,
  • onus,
  • discredit,
  • molder.
  •
  • smut.
  •
  • spatter.
  •
  • drive.
  •blacken
  • libel.
  •color
  • warp.
  •dirty
  • begrime.
  •Other relevant words:
  • smutch,
  • splash,
  • putrefaction,
  • palate,
  • hallmark,
  • slur,
  • colour,
  • befog,
  • defilement,
  • degenerate,
  • deformity,
  • incisive,
  • meditatively,
  • gap,
  • pervert,
  • derogate,
  • smoke,
  • filth,
  • must,
  • epidemiology,
  • outrage,
  • idiocrasy,
  • keynote,
  • desecrate,
  • morosely,
  • shrewd,
  • wither,
  • singe,
  • weaken,
  • bewitch,
  • devaluate,
  • do wrong,
  • weakness,
  • place,
  • cast,
  • Rubigo,
  • endemic,
  • gloomily,
  • nature,
  • break,
  • toxic,
  • scarce,
  • bitter,
  • perish,
  • weak point,
  • quirk,
  • degradation,
  • pox,
  • badge,
  • catch,
  • predispose,
  • misuse,
  • hex,
  • defamation,
  • quality,
  • tinge,
  • murrain,
  • vileness,
  • torment,
  • darken,
  • taste,
  • hole,
  • ravish,
  • addle,
  • impression,
  • reprimand,
  • shortcoming,
  • venomous,
  • influence,
  • distress,
  • moulder,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • virulent,
  • profane,
  • obscure,
  • rotten,
  • devalue,
  • alloy,
  • wreck,
  • gust,
  • Snarling,
  • adulteration,
  • mouldy,
  • crucify,
  • condemn,
  • scourge,
  • Exulcerate,
  • revile,
  • revolutionize,
  • hot,
  • putrescence,
  • saturate,
  • deadly,
  • problem,
  • smack,
  • epizootic,
  • innuendo,
  • disfigurement,
  • Defoedation,
  • make worse,
  • demoralize,
  • mildew,
  • fetor,
  • biting,
  • depravity,
  • lower,
  • dabble,
  • depreciate,
  • Tainture,
  • defection,
  • disease,
  • carrier,
  • jinx,
  • particularity,
  • flavor,
  • weak spot,
  • pillory,
  • touch,
  • spitefully,
  • disfavour,
  • broodingly,
  • splodge,
  • flavour,
  • brief,
  • stigmatization,
  • reflect on,
  • aspersion,
  • menace,
  • furiously,
  • loophole,
  • expel,
  • infusion,
  • Pillorying,
  • macule,
  • bend sinister,
  • disparage,
  • enviously,
  • disapprove,
  • blow upon,
  • baseness,
  • ulcerate,
  • illness,
  • Besmoke,
  • fox,
  • sear,
  • configuration,
  • peevish,
  • glumly,
  • Contagiousness,
  • haze over,
  • deficiency,
  • soupcon,
  • vulgarize,
  • singularity,
  • alert,
  • grimly,
  • champain,
  • trait,
  • inkling,
  • Communicability,
  • specialty,
  • Begrease,
  • contaminant,
  • insinuation,
  • mottle,
  • penetrate,
  • musingly,
  • buy,
  • peculiarity,
  • mucor,
  • sapidity,
  • virus,
  • worsen,
  • spice,
  • mistreat,
  • petulantly,
  • snag,
  • eyesore,
  • overcast,
  • indignantly,
  • mannerism,
  • denaturalize,
  • Disserve,
  • gibbet,
  • failure,
  • plague,
  • scandalize,
  • embarrass,
  • vector,
  • intimation,
  • pestilence,
  • demerit,
  • perverse,
  • feature,
  • violate,
  • Soiliness,
  • short,
  • acrimonious,
  • attainder,
  • leaven,
  • sullenly,
  • vestige,
  • individualism,
  • injure,
  • nasty,
  • murkily,
  • twist,
  • instil,
  • patch,
  • diminish,
  • crook,
  • badge of infamy,
  • suspicion,
  • dye,
  • Smouch,
  • odor,
  • bitterly,
  • roil,
  • shape,
  • frailty,
  • pensively,
  • bar sinister,
  • cachet,
  • sourly,
  • be consumed,
  • sauce,
  • fog,
  • bastardize,
  • bug,
  • denigrate,
  • wound,
  • curse,
  • daub,
  • astute,
  • Sapor,
  • piquancy,
  • slant,
  • weak link,
  • pervade,
  • prejudice,
  • go to seed,
  • revolutionise,
  • blemished,
  • stamp,
  • epidemic,
  • spray,
  • token,
  • tainted,
  • disparagement,
  • misdirect,
  • salt,
  • set back,
  • slaver,
  • mix,
  • mistake,
  • slander,
  • differentia,
  • scorch,
  • savage,
  • punish,
  • grim,
  • flick,
  • dilute,
  • intelligent,
  • baton,
  • bedaub,
  • aroma,
  • affect,
  • detract,
  • contumelious,
  • sour,
  • perversion,
  • blast,
  • thoughtfully,
  • varnish,
  • broad arrow,
  • persecute,
  • admixture,
  • Distain,
  • dourly,
  • corruption,
  • character,
  • abomination,
  • expose,
  • demoralise,
  • vilify,
  • shade,
  • cantankerously,
  • infuse,
  • defame,
  • rift,
  • stigmatism,
  • caustic,
  • index,
  • degrade,
  • scathe,
  • Bestain,
  • Obnubilate,
  • trenchant,
  • sulkily,
  • blotch,
  • sepsis,
  • Doggish,
  • Flyspeck,
  • infestation,
  • seal,
  • envenom,
  • do wrong by,
  • piquant,
  • peevishly,
  • destroy,
  • dismally,
  • distinct,
  • mist,
  • poisonous,
  • vilification,
  • Daggle,
  • differential,
  • torture,
  • asperse,
  • savor,
  • mould,
  • maliciously,
  • Septicity,
  • Embase,
  • reflection,
  • prostitute,
  • dishonour,
  • subvert,
  • speckle,
  • sprinkling,
  • prompt,
  • communicate,
  • Infectiousness,
  • debasement,
  • vulnerable place,
  • attribute,
  • dirt,
  • permeate,
  • soilure,
  • becloud,
  • foible,
  • tempering,
  • threaten,
  • mess,
  • confound,
  • thought,
  • aggrieve,
  • calumniate,
  • sharp,
  • intense,
  • deprecate,
  • irascible,
  • suggestion,
  • bribe,
  • discolour,
  • figure,
  • earmark,
  • falsify,
  • idiosyncrasy,
  • tang,
  • tamper with,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • afflict,
  • splatter,
  • dash,
  • sullen,
  • Drabble,
  • abusive,
  • half blood,
  • do evil,
  • sarcastic,
  • crossly,
  • beggar,
  • characteristic,
  • black spot,
  • inspire,
  • Inquinate,
  • Slubber,
  • Draggle,
  • harass,
  • dab,
  • impress,
  • wreak havoc,
  • belittle,
  • Empoison,
  • disadvantage,
  • abase,
  • Contemplatively,
  • Beslime,
  • drawback,
  • bloodstain,
  • Sullying,
  • redolence,
  • unclean,
  • failing,
  • jealously,
  • deflower,
  • surly,
  • canker,
  • crabbed,
  • bemire,
  • trace,
  • foulness,
  • secondary infection,
  • distinctive feature,
  • censure,
  • marking,
  • angrily,
  • despoil,
  • seasoning,
  • hint,
  • instill,
  • dent,
  • trick,
  • poor,
  • reduce,
  • debauch,
  • put back,
  • mold,
  • resentfully,
  • faute,
  • lineaments,
  • relish,
  • wrong,
  • odour,
  • moodily,
  • ravage,
  • error,
  • incline,
  • bias,
  • sway,
  • pandemic,
  • infest,
  • bright,
  • subclinical infection,
  • property,
  • A.

Paraphrases for Taint:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stain, blot.
  • Verb, base form
    affect.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    blemish.

Antonyms for Taint:

• n.

  • contamination, corruption
    perfection, esteem, cleanliness, strength, honor, respect, benefit, blank, advantage.
  • Other antonyms:
    chasteness, chastity, honesty, glory, purity, virtuousness, modesty, probity, integrity, rectitude, repute, goodness, award, righteousness, good, credit, scrupulousness, legitimacy, renown, uprightness.

• v.

  • dirty, contaminate; ruin
    mend, clarify, fix, improve, grow, cleanse, flourish, enhance, unite, bless, purify, aid, develop, combine, assist, build, clear, help, praise, right, put together, clean, upgrade, beautify.