Synonyms of the word

maculate

• v. To spot; to stain; to blur.
• adj. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
• adj. Defiled; impure.

attaint

• adj. (obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
• adj. (obsolete) Attainted; corrupted.
• v. (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
• v. (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
• v. (now rare) To taint; to corrupt, sully.
• n. (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
• n. A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow.
• n. (obsolete, law) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal…

befoul

• v. To make foul; to soil.
• v. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

blob

• n. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance;…
• n. In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas…
• n. (dialect) A bubble, a bleb.
• n. A small freshwater fish (Uranidea richardsoni); the miller's thumb.
• v. (transitive) To drop in the form of a blob or blobs.
• v. (transitive) To drop a blob or blobs onto, cover with blobs.
• v. (intransitive) To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
• n. Alternative spelling of BLOB.

blot

• n. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• n. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
• n. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
• n. (backgammon) an exposed piece in backgammon.
• v. (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
• v. (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
• v. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
• v. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
• v. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
• v. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
• v. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
• v. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

defile

• v. (transitive) to make impure; to make dirty.
• n. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
• n. A single file, such as of soldiers.
• n. The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To march in a single file.

defiled

• adj. impure; dirty.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of defile.

dirty

• adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
• adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
• adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
• adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
• adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
• adj. Out of tune.
• adj. Of color, discolored by impurities.
• adj. (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
• adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
• adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
• adv. In a dirty manner.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
• v. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
• v. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled.

disgrace

• n. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
• n. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
• n. Something which brings dishonor; the cause of shame or reproach; great discredit.
• n. (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
• v. To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.

dishonor

• n. US standard spelling of dishonour.
• v. US standard spelling of dishonour.

dishonour

• n. Shame or disgrace.
• n. Lack of honour or integrity.
• n. (law) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill…
• v. To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
• v. To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
• v. To violate or rape.

fleck

• n. A flake.
• n. A lock, as of wool.
• n. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
• v. (transitive) To mark with small spots.

foul

• adj. Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
• adj. (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive.
• adj. Detestable, unpleasant.
• adj. Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
• adj. (obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.
• adj. (of the weather) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
• adj. Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
• adj. (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
• adj. (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
• v. (transitive) To make dirty.
• v. (transitive) To besmirch.
• v. (transitive) To clog or obstruct.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
• v. (transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
• v. (intransitive) To become clogged.
• v. (intransitive) To become entangled.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
• n. (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing…
• n. (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released…
• n. (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.

impure

• adj. Not pure.
• adj. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy or unhallowed.
• adj. Unchaste or obscene.
• adj. (Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute.

shame

• n. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other…
• n. Something to regret.
• n. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
• n. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
• n. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
• interj. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
• interj. (South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
• v. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
• v. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
• v. (obsolete) To mock at; to deride.

soiled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of soil.
• adj. dirty.

spot

• n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
• n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
• n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
• n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
• n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
• n. A location or area.
• n. A parking space.
• n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
• n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
• n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
• n. Difficult situation; predicament.
• n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
• n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
• n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
• n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
• n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
• n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
• n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
• n. An autosoliton.
• n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
• v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
• v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
• v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
• v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
• v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
• v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
• v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
• v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
• adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.

stain

• n. A discoloured spot or area.
• n. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
• n. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
• n. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
• v. To discolour something.
• v. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation.
• v. To coat a surface with a stain.
• v. (cytology) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features.
• v. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

sully

• v. (transitive) to soil or stain; to dirty.
• v. (transitive) to damage or corrupt.
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled or tarnished.

tarnish

• n. Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
• v. (intransitive) To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
• v. (transitive) To soil, sully, damage or compromise.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.

unclean

• adj. Dirty, soiled or foul.
• adj. Not moral or chaste.
• adj. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.