Distain

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  • v. To stain, discolour or tarnish
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take away the color of; hence, to weaken the effect of by comparison; cause to pale; outvie.
  • To tinge with any color different from the natural or proper one; discolor; stain: as, a sword distained with blood.
  • To blot; sully; defile; tarnish.
  • Word Usage
    "The place to express your distain was the ballot box."
    Form
    distained    distaining   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stain    discolor    sully    tarnish    defile   
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