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1) General subject: asperse, attaint, bespatter, black, blemish, brand, brand with infamy, bring reproach on, bring to shame, damage, debase, defame, discredit (his behaviour discredits him with the public - его поведение дискредитирует его в глазах общества), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, humiliate, libel (кого-л.), reflect discredit (о поведении и т. п.; such behaviour can only reflect discredit upon you - такое поведение только позорит вас), shame, smear, smirch, spot, stigmatize, stigmatize someone (кого-л.), bring reproach on (кого-л.), give a bad name (кого-л.), desecrate2) Obsolete: note3) Poetical language: scandalize4) Bookish: bemean5) Religion: attaint (To contaminate morally), profane6) Makarov: stain (репутацию и т.п.), tarnish, wrong, cry fie upon (кого-л.)
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taint — I. verb Etymology: Middle English teynten to color & taynten to attaint; Middle English teynten, from Anglo French teinter, from teint, past participle of teindre, from Latin tingere; Middle English taynten, short for attaynten more at tinge,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
taint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. corrupt, spoil, poison; tarnish, stain, sully; pollute, infect, contaminate. n. corruption; spoilage; stigma, dishonor, defile ment; fault, flaw, blemish; contamination. See disease, disrepute,… … English dictionary for students
taint — / tānt/ vt: to damage or destroy the validity of evidence taint ed by an illegal search taint n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
taint — [tānt] vt. [prob. a merging of ME taynten, to touch (aphetic < ataynten,ATTAINT) + Anglo Fr teinter, to color < teint, pp. of OFr teindre < L tingere, to wet, moisten: see TINGE] 1. a) to affect with something physically injurious,… … English World dictionary
