taint
Meaning of taint
- a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.
the lingering taint of creosote
she manages to make paintings about love and beauty that are free of the taint of sentimentality
- contaminate or pollute (something).
the air was tainted by fumes from the cars
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged’, based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge’; partly a shortening of attaint.
noun
the perineum.
1950s: from the contraction of it ain't in humorous phrases referring to the perineum’s position on the body, characterized as being neither the anus nor the genitals.
Information about taint
- The plural form of taint is: taints.
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Hyphenation of taint
taint
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- taint is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
taint synonyms
Meaning contamination:
Meaning defile:
Meaning infect:
Meaning a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something:
Meaning an act of touching someone or something:
Meaning an idea or plan put forward for consideration:
Meaning a slight or indirect indication or suggestion:
Meaning a trace of a colour:
Meaning a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol:
Meaning a false accusation intended to damage someone's reputation:
Meaning a thing that damages or brings disgrace to someone or something's reputation:
Meaning a shameful act or quality that damages an otherwise good character or reputation:
Meaning a moral defect or fault:
Meaning an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation:
Meaning a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person:
Meaning damage or harm done to something:
Meaning a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed:
Meaning a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it:
Meaning a fault, blemish, or undesirable feature:
Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:
Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:
Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:
Meaning loss or lack of reputation or respect:
Meaning a state of shame or disgrace:
Meaning loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action:
Meaning a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour:
Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:
Meaning contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances:
Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:
Meaning have a severely detrimental effect on:
Meaning make dirty; pollute:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles:
Meaning reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
taint antonyms
Meaning make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from:
Anagrams of taint
nitta, tanti, tatin, tinta, Titan, titan
Words that rhyme with taint
aint, daint, afaint, faint, overfaint, unfaint, haint, complaint, countercomplaint, miscomplaint, plaint, recomplaint, uncomplaint, maint, Bepaint, LaserPaint, bepaint, bodypaint, depaint, dispaint, fingerpaint, greasepaint, housepaint, impaint, mispaint, outpaint, overpaint, paint, repaint, unpaint, warpaint, Geraint, constraint, distraint, nonconstraint, nonrestraint, overrestraint, prerestraint, restraint, spraint, straint, unconstraint, unrestraint, Saint, archsaint, besaint, corsaint, ensaint, outsaint, saint