Synonyms of the word

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.

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.

discoloration

• n. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
• n. A discolored spot; a stain.

discolouration

• n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of discoloration.

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.

maculate

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

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.