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See definition of taint on Dictionary.com
  • nouncontamination, corruption
  • verbdirty, contaminate; ruin

synonyms for taint

  • blemish
  • stigma
  • blot
  • contagion
  • defect
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • fault
  • flaw
  • infection
  • pollution
  • shame
  • smear
  • spot
  • stain
  • black mark
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antonyms for taint

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  • advantage
  • benefit
  • blank
  • cleanliness
  • esteem
  • honor
  • perfection
  • respect
  • strength
  • develop
  • clarify
  • clear
  • flourish
  • build
  • esteem
  • bless
  • help
  • fix
  • right
  • beautify
  • unite
  • combine
  • enhance
  • upgrade
  • praise
  • grow
  • put together
  • respect
  • honor
  • purify
  • cleanse
  • clean
  • mend
  • improve
  • benefit
  • assist
  • aid
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How to use taint in a sentence

Through a group called the SommFoundation, she arranged a harvest internship at an Oregon winery, but that was canceled when the winery decided not to harvest because of smoke taint from wildfires.
SOMMELIERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PIVOT IN THE PANDEMIC, AND THEIR FUTURES REMAIN UNCERTAINDAVE MCINTYREFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He warned that the taint of Bircherism could sink Reagan and other conservative candidates in 1966.
LONG BEFORE QANON, RONALD REAGAN AND THE GOP PURGED JOHN BIRCH EXTREMISTS FROM THE PARTYERICK TRICKEYJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Knowing could change the participant’s behavior and taint any data coming out of the trial, he says.
THE FDA HAS AUTHORIZED PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE. NOW WHAT?TINA HESMAN SAEYDECEMBER 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Because most early diet sodas didn’t taste that great, strategists warned against associating their brands with drinks that might taint their tremendous value.
THE RISE AND FALL OF TAB – AFTER SURVIVING THE SWEETENER SCARES, THE ICONIC DIET SODA GETS CANNEDLGBTQ-EDITORNOVEMBER 29, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
Smoke is a problem for vintage 2020, as taint from extensive exposure ruins grapes and could significantly reduce the quantity of wine this year, especially reds.
WILDFIRES, TRADE WARS, COVID-19: THE 2020 GLOBAL WINE HARVEST MAY GO DOWN AS THE MOST CHALLENGING YETBERNHARD WARNERSEPTEMBER 20, 2020FORTUNE
The taint of commerce and the smoke of the north hangs visibly on the horizon.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHY
The taint was too inveterate to be eradicated; the evil was immedicable; Rome was already effete and moribund.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROW
It was spring in all its glory, without a taint of summer's heat, or a lingering chill of winter.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
Krafft-Ebing said that he never saw a case of true and reasonably well developed paranoia without hereditary taint.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY
This and the peculiar notched or cleft teeth seem to point to an hereditary taint.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREET
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WORDS RELATED TO TAINT

  • bend
  • blemish
  • blight
  • blot
  • break
  • bruise
  • deface
  • deform
  • detract
  • ding
  • disfigure
  • foul up
  • harm
  • impair
  • injure
  • louse up
  • maim
  • mangle
  • mess up
  • mutilate
  • queer
  • rough up
  • ruin
  • scar
  • scratch
  • shake up
  • spoil
  • stain
  • sully
  • taint
  • tarnish
  • tweak
  • vitiate
  • warp
  • wreck
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.