Synonyms of the word

taint

• n. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• n. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
• n. (obsolete) tincture; hue; colour.
• n. (obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation.
• v. (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
• v. (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
• v. (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are…
• v. (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into…
• n. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
• n. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an…
• v. (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an…
• v. (transitive) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
• v. (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
• n. (slang) The perineum.
• contract. Alternative spelling of 'taint.

cloud

• n. (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
• n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• n. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
• n. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
• n. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
• n. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
• n. (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage,…
• n. (figuratively) A negative aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver…
• n. (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
• n. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
• v. (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight.
• v. (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
• v. (transitive) To make obscure.
• v. (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
• v. (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
• v. (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours.

contaminate

• v. (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
• v. (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
• v. (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
• v. To infect, often with bad objects.

contamination

• n. The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
• n. (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
• n. (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development…
• n. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the…

corrupt

• adj. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
• adj. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
• adj. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
• v. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave;…
• v. (intransitive) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
• v. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
• v. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

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.

deflower

• v. (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

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.

impair

• v. (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
• adj. (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate.

impureness

• n. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

impurity

• n. The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
• n. A component or additive that renders something else impure.
• n. A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.

infect

• v. (transitive) To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
• v. (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
• adj. (obsolete) Infected.

mar

• v. To spoil, to damage.
• n. A blemish.
• n. A small lake.

pollute

• v. (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
• v. (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction…
• v. (dated) To corrupt or profane.
• v. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
• adj. (rare) Polluted.

spoil

• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
• v. (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
• v. (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
• v. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
• v. (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
• v. (transitive) To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
• n. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
• n. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or…

sully

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

vitiate

• v. (transitive) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
• v. (transitive) to debase or morally corrupt.
• v. (transitive, archaic) to violate, to rape.
• v. (transitive) to make something ineffective, to invalidate.