Related Words:
- imputation
collapse - the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"
- a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation" related words >
- accounting for,
- accusal,
- accusation,
- accusing,
- adverse criticism,
- allegation,
- allegement,
- animadversion,
- answerability,
- application,
- arraignment,
- arrogation,
- ascription,
- aspersion,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- attachment,
- attaint,
- attribution,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bend sinister,
- bill of particulars,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blame,
- blot,
- blur,
- brand,
- bringing of charges,
- bringing to book,
- broad arrow,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- censure,
- challenge,
- champain,
- charge,
- complaint,
- connection with,
- count,
- credit,
- criticism,
- delation,
- denouncement,
- denunciation,
- derivation from,
- disparagement,
- etiology,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- flak,
- hairsplitting,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- honor,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- impeachment,
- implication,
- indictment,
- information,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- knock,
- lawsuit,
- laying of charges,
- mark of Cain,
- nagging,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- obloquy,
- onus,
- overcriticalness,
- palaetiology,
- personal remark,
- personality,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- pillorying,
- placement,
- plaint,
- point champain,
- priggishness,
- prosecution,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- reference to,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reproachfulness,
- responsibility,
- saddling,
- slam,
- slur,
- sly suggestion,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smutch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stricture,
- suggestion,
- suit,
- swipe,
- taint,
- taking exception,
- tarnish,
- taxing,
- trichoschistism,
- true bill,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- unspoken accusation,
- veiled accusation,
- whispering campaign
- injure
collapse
- cause injuries or bodily harm to related words >
- abrade,
- abuse,
- afflict,
- affront,
- aggravate,
- aggrieve,
- bark,
- batter,
- befoul,
- bespatter,
- bewitch,
- blemish,
- blight,
- bloody,
- break,
- bruise,
- buffet,
- burn,
- chafe,
- check,
- chip,
- claw,
- condemn,
- constrain,
- contort,
- corrupt,
- crack,
- craze,
- cripple,
- crucify,
- curse,
- cut,
- damage,
- deface,
- defile,
- deform,
- deprave,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- deteriorate,
- dilapidate,
- disable,
- disadvantage,
- disfigure,
- disserve,
- distort,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do violence to,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- do wrong to,
- doom,
- embitter,
- endamage,
- envenom,
- exacerbate,
- foul,
- foul up,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gash,
- get into trouble,
- grieve,
- harass,
- harm,
- hex,
- hurt,
- ill-treat,
- ill-use,
- impair,
- incapacitate,
- incise,
- infect,
- insult,
- irritate,
- jinx,
- knock about,
- lacerate,
- louse up,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- make worse,
- maltreat,
- mangle,
- manhandle,
- mar,
- maul,
- menace,
- mishandle,
- mistreat,
- misuse,
- molest,
- mutilate,
- offend,
- outrage,
- pain,
- persecute,
- pierce,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- puncture,
- put back,
- queer,
- rend,
- rip,
- rough,
- rough up,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scathe,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- skin,
- slash,
- slight,
- slit,
- smirch,
- spoil,
- sprain,
- stab,
- stick,
- strain,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- tear,
- threaten,
- torment,
- torture,
- traumatize,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- weaken,
- worsen,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wrench,
- wrong
- tarnish
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- discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" related words >
- achromatize,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bedaub,
- befoul,
- begrime,
- benasty,
- bend sinister,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- besoil,
- bespatter,
- bestain,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blanch,
- bleach,
- blemish,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- call names,
- calumniate,
- censure,
- champain,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- dab,
- damage,
- darken,
- daub,
- debase,
- decolor,
- decolorize,
- defame,
- defile,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- dim,
- dirty,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- drain,
- drain of color,
- dull,
- embarrass,
- engage in personalities,
- etiolate,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- eyesore,
- fade,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- foul,
- fume,
- gibbet,
- grime,
- hang in effigy,
- harm,
- heap dirt upon,
- hurt,
- impair,
- imputation,
- infect,
- injure,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- mar,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- mess,
- mess up,
- muckrake,
- muddy,
- nasty,
- onus,
- pale,
- patch,
- peroxide,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- revile,
- ruin,
- scorch,
- sear,
- singe,
- slander,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smooch,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soil,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spoil,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- sully,
- taint,
- tar,
- throw mud at,
- tone down,
- vilify,
- vitiate,
- wash out,
- whiten
- stigmatize
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- mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress"
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" related words >
- advert to,
- allude to,
- attaint,
- band,
- bar,
- be taken as,
- bedaub,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- bespangle,
- bespatter,
- bespeckle,
- bespot,
- bestain,
- blacken,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- call names,
- calumniate,
- censure,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- check,
- check off,
- checker,
- cicatrize,
- condemn,
- dapple,
- darken,
- dash,
- daub,
- defame,
- defile,
- define,
- delimit,
- demarcate,
- denigrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- denounce,
- depreciate,
- designate,
- dirty,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- disparage,
- dot,
- emblematize,
- engage in personalities,
- engrave,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- figure,
- finger,
- flake,
- fleck,
- freckle,
- gash,
- gibbet,
- hang in effigy,
- harlequin,
- hatch,
- heap dirt upon,
- impress,
- imprint,
- iris,
- line,
- maculate,
- make a mark,
- marble,
- marbleize,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- motley,
- mottle,
- muckrake,
- name,
- nick,
- notch,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- pick out,
- pillory,
- point,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- polychrome,
- polychromize,
- prick,
- print,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- rainbow,
- refer to,
- reprimand,
- revile,
- riddle,
- scar,
- scarify,
- scorch,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- seal,
- seam,
- sear,
- select,
- singe,
- slander,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- soil,
- spangle,
- specify,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splotch,
- spot,
- sprinkle,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stand for,
- stipple,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- stud,
- sully,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- tattoo,
- tessellate,
- throw mud at,
- tick,
- tick off,
- trace,
- typify,
- underline,
- underscore,
- variegate,
- vein,
- vilify
- bar sinister
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- a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left related words >
- achievement,
- alerion,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- azure,
- badge of infamy,
- bandeau,
- bantling,
- bar,
- bastard,
- bastard child,
- bastardism,
- bastardy,
- baton,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- blot,
- blur,
- bordure,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- by-blow,
- cadency mark,
- canton,
- censure,
- champain,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- coronet,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- device,
- difference,
- differencing,
- disparagement,
- eagle,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- falcon,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- griffin,
- gules,
- gyron,
- hatchment,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- illegitimacy,
- illegitimate,
- illegitimate child,
- illegitimateness,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- imputation,
- inescutcheon,
- label,
- lion,
- love child,
- lozenge,
- mantling,
- mark of Cain,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- metal,
- motto,
- mullet,
- nombril point,
- octofoil,
- odium,
- onus,
- or,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- pale,
- paly,
- pean,
- pheon,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- purpure,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- rose,
- sable,
- saltire,
- scutcheon,
- shield,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smutch,
- spot,
- spread eagle,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- subordinary,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- tenne,
- tincture,
- torse,
- tressure,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- vert,
- wreath,
- yale
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