Thesaurus / tarnish
FEEDBACKHow to use tarnish in a sentence
If he breathed, it was only that feeble respiration which could scarcely tarnish the surface of a mirror.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOIt is easy to understand that gold and silver thread of this pure description, unlike tinsel finery, it is not liable to tarnish.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUSThe aluminum utensils will be always shining, for the material of which they are made will not tarnish.
THE AMERICAN COUNTRY GIRLMARTHA FOOTE CROWPrizes are offered at Lyons for the best mode of manufacturing gold and silver thread that will not tarnish.
NEEDLEWORK AS ARTMARIAN ALFORDHe has deposited it safely, where misfortune can not tarnish it, where malice can not blast it.
A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTSEDITED BY JAMES D. RICHARDSONOh, will you for a caprice forego the satisfaction of doing a noble deed, and tarnish with blood the annals of a beneficent reign?
THE ARAB'S PLEDGEEDWARD L. MITFORDWinter snow and spring thaw had done no harm to the gold which could not rust nor to the pearls which could not tarnish.
WOLF BREEDJACKSON GREGORYIt's above all we can do to tarnish it with our little prejudices.
THE HEART OF THE DESERTHONOR WILLSIE MORROWIt would not oxidise in the air; gallium does not tarnish upon exposure to the air.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYGold does not tarnish, and good names do not soil easily, though herein custom has something to do with the affair.
THE GOLDEN CENSERJOHN MCGOVERNWORDS RELATED TO TARNISH
- abasement
- abuse
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- debasing
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
- abase
- attaint
- besmirch
- blot
- debase
- defame
- defile
- degrade
- depress
- deride
- derogate
- desecrate
- discredit
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disparage
- disregard
- disrespect
- expel
- give a black eye
- humble
- humiliate
- libel
- lose face
- lower
- mock
- put down
- reduce
- reproach
- ridicule
- slander
- slur
- snub
- stain
- stigmatize
- sully
- taint
- take down a peg
- tar and feather
- tarnish
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.