Word

tarnish, v.
(tarnished, tarnishes, tarnishing)
freq. cnt. 1

make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

defile maculate stain sully tarnish

sample sentences

"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
"Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

verb frames

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verb frames

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verb frames

Something ----s
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verb frames

Something ----s
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verb frames

Something ----s
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

maculation macula

semantic pointers

hypernym

spot, fleck, blob, blot

hyponym