What is another word for tarnish?
1016 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɑːnɪʃ], [ tˈɑːnɪʃ], [ t_ˈɑː_n_ɪ_ʃ]
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Similar words for tarnish:
- attribute (noun)
- blemish (noun)
- dirt (noun)
- disgrace (noun)
- ill repute (noun)
- opprobrium (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- smuttiness (noun)
- besmear (verb)
- blacken (verb)
- blemish (verb)
- blot (verb)
- cause injury, loss (verb)
- contaminate (verb)
- damage (verb)
- deface (verb)
- defile (verb)
- dim (verb)
- dirty (verb)
- dirty, corrupt (verb)
- discolor (verb)
- disgrace (verb)
- disserve (verb)
- fade (verb)
- harm (verb)
- impair (verb)
- injure (verb)
- malign (verb)
- pale (verb)
- rust (verb)
- slander (verb)
- smear (verb)
- smirch (verb)
- soil (verb)
- spoil (verb)
- spot (verb)
- stain (verb)
- sully (verb)
- taint (verb)
- other synonyms
- blacken
- blemish
- contaminate
- corrode
- damage
- dim
- dirty
- injure
- other relevant words
- rust
- slander
Synonyms for Tarnish:
n.
• attribute (noun) • blemish (noun)- impurity,
- rift,
- spoilage,
- brand,
- eyesore,
- stigma,
- scab,
- weal,
- imperfection,
- disfigurement,
- defacement,
- distortion,
- wart,
- abrasion,
- blotch,
- fault,
- drawback,
- deformity,
- lesion,
- sore.
- dis-credits,
- de-gradations,
- dis-esteems,
- dis-reputes,
- dis repute,
- de-gradation,
- dis esteem,
- dis-grace,
- de-basement,
- dis respects,
- dis credits,
- de basements,
- ingloriousnesses,
- de gradation,
- dis esteems,
- in-gloriousnesses,
- dis reputes,
- de-basements,
- humblings,
- dis-respects,
- dis-favors,
- dis-favor,
- in gloriousness,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- de basing,
- dis-esteem,
- disbarments,
- dis-respect,
- dis-repute,
- dis-credit,
- in-gloriousness,
- dis graces,
- dis grace,
- de gradations,
- in gloriousnesses,
- dis-graces,
- dis credit,
- debasings,
- de-basing,
- dis respect,
- de basement.
v.
• besmear (verb) • blacken (verb)- doing a number on,
- dis honor,
- ripping up and down,
- ripped and down,
- de cry,
- rip and down,
- does number on,
- doest number on,
- dis-honored,
- dis honoring,
- gave black eye,
- de-crying,
- doest a number on,
- dis honors,
- de-cry,
- doeth number on,
- rip down,
- ripped up down,
- de famed,
- didst a number on,
- didst number on,
- dost a number on,
- dost number on,
- de faming,
- doeth a number on,
- ripping and down,
- gives a black eye,
- de cried,
- rips down,
- rips up and down,
- gave a black eye,
- de-famed,
- dis honored,
- de crying,
- doth a number on,
- did a number on,
- dis-honors,
- gives black eye,
- bad mouth,
- does a number on,
- dis-honor,
- giving a black eye,
- ripped up and down,
- de-cried,
- rip up down,
- doing number on,
- giving black eye,
- did number on,
- ripping up down,
- dis-honoring,
- de-fames,
- de-cries,
- rips up down,
- doth number on,
- ripping down,
- de fame,
- de-fame,
- rips and down,
- de cries,
- de-faming,
- de fames.
- defect,
- hurt,
- hack,
- scrape,
- disfigure,
- blister,
- mark,
- fleck,
- pockmark,
- abrade,
- fracture,
- dot,
- check,
- slit,
- flaw,
- nick,
- score,
- kink,
- freckle,
- chip,
- distort,
- speck,
- scratch,
- splotch,
- scuff,
- scar,
- notch,
- gash,
- deform.
- be-spattered,
- be spatter,
- be-spatter,
- bespatters,
- be spattered,
- be-spattering,
- be spatters,
- be-spatters,
- be spattering.
- pro-fanes,
- radio activate,
- radio activates,
- be-fouls,
- be-fouling,
- de-base,
- radioactivating,
- pro fanes,
- radio-activated,
- be fouling,
- radio-activate,
- de based,
- mucks up,
- de base,
- be foul,
- pro fane,
- de-based,
- radio activating,
- radio-activates,
- pro-fane,
- radio-activating,
- be-foul,
- be fouled,
- be-fouled,
- radioactivates,
- radio activated,
- be fouls,
- mucking up.
- bangs up,
- dis-figures,
- dis-mantles,
- wore away,
- dis figure,
- in-capacitate,
- dis mantled,
- dis integrates,
- dis-figure,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-mantled,
- in-capacitated,
- under mined,
- wreaks havoc on,
- dis-figured,
- banging up,
- in capacitated,
- dis figured,
- in capacitates,
- in capacitate,
- in-capacitating,
- wreaking havoc on,
- in capacitating,
- dis-mantle,
- under mining,
- dis figuring,
- dis mantling,
- dis mantle,
- dis-integrates,
- under-mining,
- dis-figuring,
- in-capacitates,
- dis-mantling,
- wreaked havoc on,
- dis figures,
- dis integrating,
- wrought havoc on,
- dis integrate,
- banged up,
- dis-integrating,
- dis mantles,
- dis integrated,
- under-mined,
- dis-integrate.
- de faced,
- mis-shape,
- mis-shaping,
- de-stroy,
- mis-shapes,
- de-form,
- de-stroys,
- de forming,
- de stroyed,
- de stroying,
- de-facing,
- mis shapen,
- de-formed,
- de-faces,
- de formed,
- de face,
- de-stroying,
- mis shaped,
- de stroys,
- de-forms,
- de-forming,
- mis-shaped,
- de-stroyed,
- mis shape,
- de-faced,
- de forms,
- mis shaping,
- de faces,
- de-face,
- DE Form,
- de facing,
- mis shapes,
- de stroy.
- scuzzing up,
- making foul,
- de filing,
- scuzzes up,
- de-graded,
- be-smirch,
- de files,
- de grading,
- maculating,
- de-file,
- de-filing,
- made foul,
- de-grades,
- be-smirches,
- de grades,
- makes foul,
- be-smirched,
- de flower,
- de graded,
- de-files,
- de-flower,
- de filed,
- de-grade,
- de-flowers,
- de flowering,
- de-grading,
- be-smirching,
- de flowers,
- be smirches,
- de flowered,
- be smirched,
- de file,
- maculates,
- de grade,
- scuzzed up,
- de-flowering,
- be smirch,
- de-flowered,
- be smirching,
- de-filed.
- be-clouding,
- be-clouds,
- be fogged,
- be fog,
- be-fogging,
- be-cloud,
- be clouding,
- be dimmed,
- be fogs,
- be fogging,
- be dimming,
- be-fogged,
- be-fog,
- be-dimmed,
- be clouded,
- be-dimming,
- be-fogs,
- be-clouded,
- be clouds.
- lose shine,
- embarrass,
- dull,
- defame,
- darken.
- dis-colored,
- dis colored,
- disco loring,
- dis coloring,
- disco-loring,
- dis colors,
- dis-color,
- dis-coloring,
- dis color,
- dis-colors.
- dis-favoring,
- taking down peg,
- de-riding,
- de riding,
- de-rides,
- de-pressing,
- re-duce,
- de press,
- dis credited,
- dis regarding,
- takes down peg,
- de-ride,
- dis crediting,
- dis-gracing,
- re-duces,
- de-presses,
- dis regards,
- de pressed,
- de pressing,
- dis favoring,
- dis-crediting,
- dis-favored,
- take down peg,
- dis-regarding,
- de rides,
- dis regarded,
- dis-regarded,
- de-pressed,
- de-press,
- dis favored,
- de presses,
- dis graced,
- takes down a peg,
- dis-regard,
- de ride,
- dis-credited,
- re duce,
- dis respecting,
- tar feather,
- dis-respected,
- taking down a peg,
- dis-regards,
- took down peg,
- re duces,
- dis-graced,
- dis respected,
- dis-respecting,
- took down a peg,
- dis gracing,
- dis regard.
- dis-appearing,
- dis-solving,
- dis appears,
- dis-solve,
- losing brightness,
- dis-solves,
- evanishes,
- de-colorize,
- grew dim,
- loses brightness,
- decolorizes,
- dis solve,
- dis appearing,
- growing dim,
- de colorizes,
- losing luster,
- Achromatized,
- becomes colorless,
- lost luster,
- dis appear,
- dis-appeared,
- de colorized,
- evanishing,
- loses luster,
- dis solves,
- de colorizing,
- de colorize,
- achromatizes,
- dis solved,
- dis appeared,
- de-colorized,
- de-colorizing,
- becoming colorless,
- dis-appear,
- evanished,
- dis solving,
- de-colorizes,
- became colorless,
- dis-appears,
- dis-solved,
- lost brightness.
- in-convenience,
- dost violence to,
- in-commode,
- doest violence to,
- out-rages,
- doing violence to,
- in-commodes,
- zinged,
- out-raged,
- dis-commode,
- mis-used,
- in-conveniences,
- in conveniences,
- out-rage,
- out rages,
- doeth violence to,
- mis using,
- doth violence to,
- mis-using,
- out raging,
- out raged,
- out-raging,
- dumping on,
- dis-commodes,
- dis commode,
- in commodes,
- dumps on,
- ill treat,
- does violence to,
- didst violence to,
- dis commodes,
- in commode,
- mis used,
- did violence to.
- dis-qualifying,
- in-validated,
- de valued,
- de-creased,
- lost strength,
- making useless,
- dis qualify,
- de valuating,
- made useless,
- de creased,
- de-valuates,
- de-creasing,
- de-values,
- in validates,
- de-valuing,
- de creases,
- in-validates,
- dis qualifying,
- dis-qualified,
- loses strength,
- de valuate,
- de values,
- de-crease,
- in-validate,
- un-fitting,
- de valuates,
- in validated,
- in-validating,
- in validating,
- de-valued,
- dis-qualify,
- un fits,
- in validate,
- de creasing,
- de-valuating,
- un fitting,
- de valuing,
- de-valuated,
- dis qualified,
- makes useless,
- un fitted,
- de-value,
- de crease,
- de-valuate,
- losing strength,
- un-fit,
- dis qualifies,
- un-fits,
- de-creases,
- un-fitted,
- de value,
- de valuated,
- dis-qualifies.
- drawing blood,
- hacked up,
- dis tress,
- dis-tressed,
- draws blood,
- dis tressed,
- hacks up,
- drew blood,
- dis-tress,
- dis tresses,
- dis-tresses,
- hacking up.
- re vile,
- mis represent,
- mis representing,
- de-tract,
- spoke ill of,
- mis-represented,
- opprobriated,
- mudslings,
- de tract,
- opprobriating,
- villainized,
- speaking ill of,
- spake ill of,
- mudslinged,
- mis-represent,
- mis represents,
- de-tracts,
- re-vile,
- taking a swipe at,
- took swipe at,
- opprobriates,
- took a swipe at,
- takes swipe at,
- villainizing,
- mis-representing,
- mis-represents,
- mis represented,
- villainizes,
- de tracts,
- speaks ill of,
- taking swipe at,
- takes a swipe at.
- loses color,
- goes white,
- grows dull,
- went white,
- going white,
- losing color,
- growing dull,
- lost color,
- grew dull.
- de-cline,
- de-generated,
- de cline,
- de generates,
- de-clines,
- de clines,
- de-generating,
- de-generate,
- de generated,
- de generate,
- de generating,
- de-generates.
- pillory,
- stigmatize,
- besmirch,
- detract,
- scandalize,
- calumniate,
- vilify,
- shame,
- denounce,
- denigrate,
- dishonor,
- traduce.
- over spreads,
- over-lay,
- over-spread,
- be daubing,
- over laid,
- over-spreading,
- over-laying,
- over spreading,
- over lays,
- be-daubed,
- be daubs,
- be-daubing,
- over-spreads,
- be daub,
- be daubed,
- over laying,
- be-daubs,
- be-daub,
- over-laid,
- over-lays.
- be draggled,
- musses up,
- be draggles,
- mussing up,
- be-draggled,
- be-draggling,
- be draggling,
- be-draggle,
- bedraggles,
- be-draggles,
- be draggle.
- up setting,
- de spoiling,
- de spoiled,
- de predates,
- de-predate,
- de solated,
- de-predated,
- un did,
- un-does,
- de-spoiling,
- un-did,
- de predate,
- de spoil,
- de-spoil,
- de-predates,
- de solates,
- de-solates,
- de-solated,
- un done,
- de spoils,
- up sets,
- de-solate,
- un does,
- takes apart,
- un doing,
- up-sets,
- de-solating,
- un-doing,
- de solate,
- de-spoiled,
- up-setting,
- de predating,
- de-predating,
- de predated,
- de-spoils,
- de solating,
- up-set.
Other synonyms:
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- Disserve.
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- spatter.
- do a number on,
- blotching,
- libel,
- give a black eye,
- Vilified,
- rip up and down,
- do number on,
- badmouth,
- ripping,
- tarnishes,
- Slurring,
- blotched,
- give black eye,
- ripped down.
- rust.
- tamper with,
- rotted,
- wearing away,
- maltreat,
- bang up,
- wear away,
- tampers with,
- tampered with,
- tore,
- ravaged,
- wears away,
- wreak havoc on,
- tampering with.
- Hazing,
- Hazed,
- muddied,
- dulls,
- Befogging,
- befogs,
- Muddying,
- befog,
- obfuscate,
- Dulling,
- turn down,
- befogged,
- muddies,
- be cloud.
- grimed,
- Begriming,
- encrusting,
- begrimes,
- make dusty,
- make impure,
- Smutching,
- encrusted,
- smutch,
- smoking,
- Smutched,
- besoil,
- encrust,
- begrime,
- encrusts,
- begrimed,
- griming.
- crud up,
- harm,
- Winging,
- dilapidate,
- spoil,
- marbles,
- decolorize,
- take swipe at,
- splotched,
- dump on,
- unfits,
- overspreading,
- defile,
- decolorized,
- make unclean,
- mussed up,
- mudsling,
- mis-shapen,
- marbling,
- blacken,
- malign,
- Disfavored,
- soil,
- mar,
- lose strength,
- unfitted,
- smudge,
- slander,
- stain,
- blur,
- mucked,
- bespattered,
- grows dim,
- Studding,
- besmear,
- ill-treat,
- discolor,
- Disfavoring,
- blot,
- mucking,
- Peppering,
- spoils,
- scuzz up,
- drag through the mud,
- Trashed,
- Attainting,
- queers,
- smut,
- taint,
- wash out,
- Crumbing,
- cast aspersion,
- bedraggle,
- spotted,
- make useless,
- Messed,
- Peppered,
- casting aspersion,
- smear,
- disrespecting,
- zinging,
- unfitting,
- Tarring,
- Maculated,
- up set,
- become colorless,
- peppers,
- lose luster,
- taking apart,
- Tars,
- speak ill of,
- dumped on,
- washes out,
- took apart,
- spoilt,
- cast a slur,
- marbled,
- washing out,
- break down,
- specked,
- pimpled,
- molest,
- foul,
- pepper,
- studded,
- casts aspersion,
- tar,
- vandalize,
- Attainted,
- Ridiculed,
- take a swipe at,
- Bedraggling,
- lose brightness,
- take down a peg,
- queering,
- Dilapidating,
- Evanish,
- Tarred,
- over spread,
- Messing,
- Crumbed,
- damage,
- decolorizing,
- muss up,
- contaminate,
- splotching,
- deface,
- lose color,
- impair,
- overspread,
- take apart,
- smirch,
- maculate,
- dilapidates,
- vitiate,
- maligned,
- Specking,
- grow dim,
- go white,
- drag through mud,
- opprobriate,
- overspreads,
- do violence to,
- injure,
- make foul,
- queered,
- Bespattering,
- pale,
- soiled,
- Illtreat,
- dirty,
- sully,
- bespatter,
- breaking down,
- fade,
- achromatize,
- dim,
- striping,
- washed out,
- villainize,
- grow dull,
- disrespected,
- Smutted,
- spot,
- made unclean,
- Smutting.
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