Synonyms for Tarnish:

• n.

  •
  • bruise.
  •
  • bleach,
  • bleed,
  • brighten,
  • change,
  • deepen,
  • embarrass,
  • fade,
  • gray,
  • lighten,
  • mellow.
  •
  • better,
  • harm,
  • help,
  • impair,
  • injure,
  • prejudice,
  • vitiate,
  • Disserve,
  • detract from.
  •
  • attack,
  • bespatter,
  • clean,
  • smut,
  • spatter.
  •
  • attaint,
  • black eye,
  • marks,
  • onus,
  • respect.
  •blemish (noun)
  • abrasion,
  • blotch,
  • brand,
  • defacement,
  • deformity,
  • discoloration,
  • disfigurement,
  • distortion,
  • drawback,
  • eyesore,
  • fault,
  • imperfection,
  • impurity,
  • lesion,
  • rift,
  • scab,
  • sore,
  • spoilage,
  • stigma,
  • wart,
  • weal.
  •dirt (noun)
  • grime.
  •tarnish (noun)
  • defile,
  • maculate,
  • sully.

• v.

  •blemish (verb)
  • abrade,
  • blemish,
  • blister,
  • blot,
  • check,
  • chip,
  • damage,
  • deface,
  • defect,
  • deform,
  • discolor,
  • disfigure,
  • distort,
  • dot,
  • flaw,
  • fleck,
  • fracture,
  • freckle,
  • gash,
  • hack,
  • hurt,
  • kink,
  • mar,
  • mark,
  • nick,
  • notch,
  • pockmark,
  • scar,
  • score,
  • scrape,
  • scratch,
  • scuff,
  • slit,
  • speck,
  • splotch,
  • spoil,
  • spot,
  • stain,
  • taint.
  •dirty (verb)
  • befoul,
  • contaminate,
  • defile,
  • dirty,
  • foul,
  • muddy,
  • pollute,
  • putrefy,
  • smirch,
  • smudge,
  • soil,
  • streak.
  •dirty, corrupt (verb)
  • befoul,
  • begrime,
  • blacken,
  • blemish,
  • blot,
  • contaminate,
  • damage,
  • darken,
  • defame,
  • defile,
  • dim,
  • discolor,
  • disgrace,
  • dull,
  • embarrass,
  • grime,
  • harm,
  • hurt,
  • impair,
  • injure,
  • mar,
  • muddy,
  • pale,
  • pollute,
  • rust,
  • slander,
  • smear,
  • smudge,
  • soil,
  • spoil,
  • spot,
  • stain,
  • sully,
  • taint,
  • tar,
  • vitiate,
  • lose luster,
  • lose shine.
  •slander (verb)
  • badmouth,
  • besmear,
  • besmirch,
  • blacken,
  • calumniate,
  • defame,
  • denigrate,
  • denounce,
  • detract,
  • discredit,
  • dishonor,
  • libel,
  • malign,
  • pillory,
  • scandalize,
  • shame,
  • slander,
  • smear,
  • stigmatize,
  • sully,
  • traduce,
  • vilify.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • attaint,
  • fade,
  • Disserve.
  •
  • black eye,
  • disgrace,
  • onus.
  •
  • bespatter,
  • impair,
  • injure,
  • smut.
  •
  • spatter.
  •blacken
  • badmouth,
  • libel,
  • give a black eye.
  •contaminate
  • infect,
  • pollute.
  •corrode
  • rust.
  •dirty
  • begrime,
  • smutch,
  • besoil.
  •injure
  • Disserve.
  •slander
  • muckrake.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abase,
  • abuse,
  • achromatize,
  • adulterate,
  • ambiguous,
  • asperse,
  • aspersion,
  • attack,
  • attaint,
  • bar sinister,
  • baton,
  • becloud,
  • bedaub,
  • bedim,
  • beggar,
  • begrime,
  • belittle,
  • bemire,
  • bend sinister,
  • bespatter,
  • better,
  • bite,
  • black eye,
  • blanch,
  • bleach,
  • bleed,
  • blight,
  • bloodstain,
  • blur,
  • broad arrow,
  • bruise,
  • ceaselessly,
  • censure,
  • change,
  • character,
  • charge,
  • clandestine,
  • clean,
  • cloud,
  • cloudy,
  • color,
  • compost,
  • constantly,
  • contamination,
  • continually,
  • continuously,
  • corrode,
  • corrupt,
  • corruption,
  • country,
  • covert,
  • dab,
  • dabble,
  • dapple,
  • dark,
  • darken,
  • darkened,
  • daub,
  • debase,
  • decolor,
  • decolorize,
  • decry,
  • deepen,
  • defamation,
  • defilement,
  • degrade,
  • demean,
  • dent,
  • deprecate,
  • depreciate,
  • derogate,
  • desecrate,
  • destroy,
  • devaluate,
  • devalue,
  • dim,
  • diminish,
  • dingy,
  • dirt,
  • disapprove,
  • discolour,
  • discolouration,
  • disfavour,
  • disgrace,
  • dishonour,
  • disparage,
  • disparagement,
  • drab,
  • drain,
  • dull,
  • dullness,
  • dung,
  • dye,
  • embarrass,
  • endlessly,
  • enigmatic,
  • erase,
  • eternally,
  • etiolate,
  • everlastingly,
  • evidence,
  • expel,
  • expose,
  • fade,
  • faeces,
  • faithfully,
  • firmly,
  • flick,
  • foggy,
  • fox,
  • frequently,
  • fume,
  • gibbet,
  • gloomy,
  • gray,
  • grime,
  • grip,
  • ground,
  • harm,
  • heed,
  • help,
  • hold,
  • impair,
  • impenetrable,
  • impression,
  • imprint,
  • imputation,
  • incessantly,
  • incomprehensible,
  • indefinite,
  • infect,
  • injure,
  • injury,
  • keep,
  • land,
  • leaven,
  • lighten,
  • lower,
  • macula,
  • maculate,
  • maculation,
  • macule,
  • manure,
  • marks,
  • mellow,
  • mess,
  • mire,
  • misty,
  • mottle,
  • muckrake,
  • murk,
  • murky,
  • mysterious,
  • nameless,
  • nasty,
  • notice,
  • obscure,
  • onus,
  • opaque,
  • opprobrium,
  • oxidize,
  • pale,
  • patch,
  • permanently,
  • peroxide,
  • perpetually,
  • persistently,
  • poison,
  • polluted,
  • pollution,
  • prejudice,
  • punish,
  • rebuke,
  • reduce,
  • reflection,
  • regularly,
  • reprimand,
  • reproach,
  • reproof,
  • respect,
  • revile,
  • roil,
  • ruin,
  • rust,
  • scorch,
  • sear,
  • secret,
  • singe,
  • slaver,
  • slur,
  • smoke,
  • smooch,
  • smut,
  • smutch,
  • smuttiness,
  • soiled,
  • spatter,
  • speckle,
  • splash,
  • splatter,
  • staining,
  • staunchly,
  • stay up,
  • steadfastly,
  • steadily,
  • stigmatism,
  • stigmatization,
  • tar,
  • tarnished,
  • tincture,
  • tinge,
  • tone down,
  • touch,
  • unceasingly,
  • uniformly,
  • varnish,
  • vitiate,
  • wash out,
  • whiten,
  • wreck,
  • Begrease,
  • Beslime,
  • Besmoke,
  • Bestain,
  • Daggle,
  • Disserve,
  • Distain,
  • Drabble,
  • Draggle,
  • Flyspeck,
  • Pillorying,
  • Slubber,
  • Smouch,
  • unremittingly,
  • bad-mouth,
  • besoil,
  • detract from,
  • steam up,
  • black mark,
  • hang onto,
  • hold on to,
  • reflect on,
  • blow upon,
  • champain,
  • speak ill of,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • be held,
  • give a black eye,
  • lose luster,
  • lose shine,
  • throw mud at,
  • badge of infamy.

Antonyms for Tarnish:

• v.

  • dirty, corrupt
    purify.
  • Other antonyms:
    cleanse, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, glorify, hallow, magnify, purify, uplift.