Etymology: [ 'tAnt ] (verb.) 1573. Middle English tainten to color and taynten to attaint; Middle English tainten, from Anglo-French teinter, from Middle French teint, pp. of teindre, from Latin tingere; Middle English taynten, from Middle French ataint, past participle of ataindre; more a.
Simple past tense and past participle of taint, corrupted or filled with imperfections, flyblown, especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name", touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic", A coffee with a slightly defective flavor, Something is corrupted or filled with imperfections, past of taint, A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect, To spoil (food) by contamination, A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character, A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food, An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner, To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally, The perineum, To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather, A mark of disgrace, especially on ones character, place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation", the state of being contaminated, contaminate with a disease or microorganism, To stain; to sully; to tarnish, If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it. Rancid oil will taint the flavour. blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses. the appearance of being related to something bad or morally wrong taint of, To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air, Fig, Aphetic form of Attaint, Tincture; hue; color; tinge, Infection; corruption; deprivation, A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace, To hit or touch lightly, in tilting, To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting, A taint is an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption, To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner, If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption. a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation. + tainted taint·ed He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems, trace of something bad or offensive, small amount of something harmful or unhealthy; moral blemish, hint of dishonor, contaminate, pollute, corrupt, mar; bring shame or dishonor upon; become tainted, To thrust ineffectually with a lance,
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Simple past tense and past participle of taint
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corrupted or filled with imperfections - "Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money."
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flyblown
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especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
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touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
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A coffee with a slightly defective flavor
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Something is corrupted or filled with imperfections
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past of taint
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taint
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect
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To spoil (food) by contamination
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A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character
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taint
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
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taint
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner
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To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally
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taint
The perineum - "Did you know that guy has absolutely no tan lines? He'll show his taint to prove it!"
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taint
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather
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taint
A mark of disgrace, especially on ones character
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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
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taint
the state of being contaminated
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taint
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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taint
To stain; to sully; to tarnish
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If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it. Rancid oil will taint the flavour. blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses. the appearance of being related to something bad or morally wrong taint of
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taint
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air
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taint
Fig
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taint
Aphetic form of Attaint
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taint
Tincture; hue; color; tinge
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taint
Infection; corruption; deprivation
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taint
A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace
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taint
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting
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taint
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting
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A taint is an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption
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taint
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner
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If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption. a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation. + tainted taint·ed He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems
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trace of something bad or offensive, small amount of something harmful or unhealthy; moral blemish, hint of dishonor isim
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contaminate, pollute, corrupt, mar; bring shame or dishonor upon; become tainted fiil
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