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taintsnounpl. of taint a mark of guilt or disgracethat rare political campaign that wasn't marred by the taint of false accusations blots, brands, onuses, slurs, smirches, smudges, spots, stains, stigmas(or stigmata) black eyes, discredit, disesteems, disgraces, dishonors, disreputes, guilts, ignominies, infamies, obloquies, odiums, opprobriums, reproaches, shamescorruptions, debaucheries, depravities, immoralities, iniquities, sins, vices awards, credits, honorschastities, modesties, puritiesgoods, rightshonesties, integrities, legitimacies, probities, rectitudesfames, glories, renowns, reputes to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirablecriticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model blemishes, darkens, mars, poisons, spoils, stains, tarnishes, touches, vitiates begrimes, besmears, besmirches, blackens, blurs, clouds, dirties, discolors, pollutes, smears, smirches, smudges, smuts, soils, sullies, tars(or tarres)abases, cheapens, debases, degrades, demeans, discredits, disgraces, dishonors, fouls, lowers, shames, sinksbastardizes, corrupts, debauches, demoralizes, depraves, perverts, subvertscolors, distorts, twists cleanses, purifiesdignifies, elevates, ennobles, enshrines, glorifies, hallows, magnifies, uplifts to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirablesmog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe befouls, contaminates, defiles, fouls, poisons, pollutes infectsbegrimes, besmirches, blackens, dirties, fouls up, grimes, mires, muddies, smirches, smudges, soils, stains, sulliescorrupts, rots, spoilsadulterates, doctorsdilutes, waters down decontaminates, purifies clarifies, cleans, cleanses, clears, distills(also distils), purgesfiltersdisinfects, sanitizes, sterilizes |