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tarnished

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tarnish  \Tar"nish\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tarnished};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Tarnishing}.]  [F.  ternir  fr  OHG.  tarnen  to  darken, 
  to  conceal,  hide;  akin  to  OS  dernian  to  hide,  AS  dernan 
  dyrnan  OHG.  tarni  hidden,  OS  derni,  AS  derne,  dyrne.  Cf 
  {Dern},  a.,  and  see  {-ish}.] 
  To  soil,  or  change  the  appearance  of  especially  by  an 
  alternation  induced  by  the  air,  or  by  dust,  or  the  like  to 
  diminish,  dull,  or  destroy  the  luster  of  to  sully;  as  to 
  tarnish  a  metal;  to  tarnish  gilding;  to  tarnish  the  purity  of 
  color.  ``Tarnished  lace.''  --Fuller.  Used  also  figuratively; 
  as  to  tarnish  one's  honor. 
 
  Syn:  To  sully;  stain;  dim. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tarnished 
  adj  :  especially  of  reputation;  "the  senator's  seriously  damaged 
  reputation";  "a  flyblown  reputation";  "a  tarnished 
  reputation";  "inherited  a  spotted  name"  [syn:  {besmirched}, 
  {damaged},  {flyblown},  {spotted},  {stained},  {sullied}, 
  {tainted}]




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