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Meaning of taint
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- 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.
- To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- 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.
- Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
- To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
- To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
- Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
- Infection; corruption; deprivation.
- A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Crossword clue for taint
- Besmirch
- Blemish
- Cast doubt upon
- Contaminate
- Corrupt Titan in trouble
- Defile
- Discredit (reputation)
- Distort
- Hint of decay
- Infect
- Little tattoo takes in Sully
- Put a wrong meaning on
- Stain (reputation)
- Sully
- Tarnish
- Trace of contamination – it isn’t Cockney
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