tarnished
Meaning of tarnished
verb
- To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
Careful storage of silver will prevent it from tarnishing.
- To soil, sully, damage or compromise
He is afraid that he will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees.
- To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
- Discolored or blemished.
- (by extension, of one's reputation, name or word) Sullied or dishonored.
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Hyphenation of tarnished
tar-nished
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- tarnished is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
tarnished synonyms
Meaning besmirched:
besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted
Anagrams of tarnished
antherids, interdash, trainshed
Words that rhyme with tarnished
shed, abashed, alewashed, ashed, backlashed, backwashed, bashed, bedashed, besplashed, brainwashed, brashed, cashed, clashed, colourwashed, crashed, dashed, deashed, earbashed, encashed, fashed, flashed, gashed, gatecrashed, gnashed, greenwashed, hashed, interdashed, kourbashed, kurbashed, lashed, leashed, mashed, outflashed, pashed, pebbledashed, plashed, potashed, prewashed, quashed, rainwashed, rashed, rehashed, rewashed, sashed, shashed, siwashed, slashed, smashed, snashed, spatterdashed
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