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tarnish: 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"

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begrime collapse

hang in effigy collapse

grime collapse

bloodstain collapse: a discoloration caused by blood

smooch collapse: snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

besmoke collapse

peroxide collapse: an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-; bleach with peroxide; "She must peroxide her hair-it looks unnaturally blond"

black mark collapse

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

eyesore collapse: something very ugly and offensive

black eye collapse: a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

singe collapse: burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"

denigrate collapse

besmirch collapse

contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

wash out collapse: lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine"; drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse"; deplete of strength or vitality; "The illness washed her out"; wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink"; wear or destroy by the force of water; "The hail storms had washed out the bridges"

mar collapse: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

bespatter collapse

revile collapse

vitiate collapse

sully collapse: French statesman (1560-1641); United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

vilify collapse: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

whiten collapse: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

befoul collapse

flyspeck collapse: a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly

mess up collapse

besmear collapse

bedaub collapse: spread or daub (a surface)

tone down collapse: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

impair collapse: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"

bleach collapse: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent); the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"; make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"; remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

disapprove collapse: consider bad or wrong; deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

murk collapse: make dark, dim, or gloomy

blanch collapse: cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

discolor collapse: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"; cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"; lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"

mire collapse: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"; soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"; cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

disparagement collapse: the act of speaking contemptuously of; a communication that belittles somebody or something

smirch collapse: smear so as to make dirty or stained

reprimand collapse: rebuke formally

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