tarnished 音标拼音: [t'ɑrnɪʃt]
Tarnish \
Tar "
nish \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Tarnished };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Tarnishing }.] [
F .
ternir ,
fr .
OHG .
tarnen to darken ,
to conceal ,
hide ;
akin to OS .
dernian to hide ,
AS .
dernan ,
dyrnan ,
OHG .
tarni hidden ,
OS .
derni ,
AS .
derne ,
dyrne .
Cf .
{
Dern },
a .,
and see {-
ish }.]
To soil ,
or change the appearance of ,
especially by an alternation induced by the air ,
or by dust ,
or the like ;
to diminish ,
dull ,
or destroy the luster of ;
to sully ;
as ,
to tarnish a metal ;
to tarnish gilding ;
to tarnish the purity of color . "
Tarnished lace ." --
Fuller .
Used also figuratively ;
as ,
to tarnish one '
s honor .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To sully ;
stain ;
dim .
[
1913 Webster ]
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tarnished ":
bedraggled ,
befouled ,
besmirched ,
blackened ,
darkened ,
defiled ,
dirtied ,
discolored ,
drabbled ,
draggled ,
fouled ,
foxed ,
foxy ,
inky ,
murky ,
smirched ,
smoky ,
smudged ,
soiled ,
spotted ,
stained ,
stigmatic ,
stigmatiferous ,
stigmatized ,
sullied ,
tainted
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