'Taint' definitions:
Definition of 'taint'
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Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
- Taint \Taint\, n.
- 1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Infection; corruption; deprivation. [1913 Webster]
- He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
- Taint \Taint\, v. i.
- 1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. [1913 Webster]
- I can not taint with fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
- Taint \Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See Attaint.]
- 1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
- Taint \Taint\, v. t.
- 1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
- Taint \Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint.]
- 1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. [1913 Webster]
- His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Taint'
From: GCIDE
- Taint \Taint\, v. t. Aphetic form of Attaint. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'taint'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- adulterate,
- aerial infection,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- airborne infection,
- alloy,
- aroma,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- attribute,
- badge,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bedaub,
- befoul,
- benasty,
- bend sinister,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- bespatter,
- bestain,
- bewitch,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blemish,
- blight,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- bug,
- cachet,
- canker,
- carrier,
- cast,
- catch,
- censure,
- champain,
- character,
- characteristic,
- cheapen,
- cloud,
- coarsen,
- communicability,
- condemn,
- configuration,
- confound,
- contagion,
- contagiousness,
- contaminate,
- contamination,
- corrupt,
- crack,
- crucify,
- cryptogenic infection,
- curse,
- cut,
- dab,
- damage,
- darken,
- dash,
- daub,
- debase,
- debauch,
- defame,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devalue,
- differentia,
- differential,
- direct infection,
- dirty,
- disadvantage,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- discredit,
- disease,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- disserve,
- distinctive feature,
- distort,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- drawback,
- droplet infection,
- dust infection,
- earmark,
- envenom,
- epidemiology,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- eyesore,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- feature,
- figure,
- flavor,
- flaw,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- foible,
- foul,
- frailty,
- get into trouble,
- gibbet,
- gust,
- hallmark,
- hand infection,
- hang in effigy,
- harass,
- harm,
- hex,
- hint,
- hole,
- hurt,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- impair,
- imperfection,
- impress,
- impression,
- imputation,
- inadequacy,
- index,
- indirect infection,
- individualism,
- infect,
- infection,
- infectiousness,
- infirmity,
- infusion,
- injure,
- inkling,
- intimation,
- jinx,
- keynote,
- kink,
- lineaments,
- little problem,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- maltreat,
- mannerism,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- marking,
- menace,
- mess,
- mess up,
- mistreat,
- misuse,
- mold,
- molest,
- muddy,
- nasty,
- nature,
- odor,
- onus,
- outrage,
- particularity,
- patch,
- peculiarity,
- persecute,
- pervert,
- phytogenic infection,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- point champain,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- primary infection,
- problem,
- property,
- prostitute,
- pyogenic infection,
- quality,
- quirk,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- rift,
- ruin,
- sauce,
- savage,
- savor,
- scar,
- scathe,
- scorch,
- seal,
- sear,
- seasoning,
- secondary infection,
- shade,
- shape,
- shortcoming,
- singe,
- singularity,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smack,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- snag,
- soil,
- something missing,
- soupcon,
- spatter,
- specialty,
- speck,
- speckle,
- spice,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spoil,
- spot,
- sprinkling,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- subclinical infection,
- suggestion,
- sully,
- suspicion,
- tang,
- tar,
- tarnish,
- taste,
- tempering,
- thought,
- threaten,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- token,
- torment,
- torture,
- touch,
- trace,
- trait,
- trick,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- vector,
- vestige,
- vilify,
- violate,
- virus,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- vulnerable place,
- warp,
- waterborne infection,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wrong,
- zoogenic infection