taint

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taint¹

(tānt)

tr.v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints

1. To affect or associate with something undesirable or reprehensible: a reputation that was tainted by allegations of illegal activity.

a. To expose to an infectious agent, toxin, or undesirable substance: drinking water that is tainted with parasites; toothpaste that is tainted with toxic metals.

b. To subject to decay or putrefaction: would not eat the meat for fear that it was tainted. See Synonyms at contaminate.

1. An undesirable or corrupting influence or association: wanted to avoid the taint of an accounting scandal. See Synonyms at stain.

2. An undesirable quality; a defect or shortcoming: "I confess to a taint of exhibitionism" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).

[Partly from obsolete taynt, to color, dye (from Anglo-Norman teint, from past participle of teindre, from Latin tingere), and partly from Middle English tainten, to convict (short for atteinten, from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre, to attain, touch upon; see attain).]

taint′less adj.

taint′less·ly adv.

taint²

(tānt)

n. Vulgar Slang

The perineum.

[From such phrases as 'tain't asshole and 'tain't pussy and 'tain't asshole and 'tain't balls.]

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taint

(teɪnt)

1. to affect or be affected by pollution or contamination: oil has tainted the water.

2. to tarnish (someone's reputation, etc)

3. a defect or flaw: a taint on someone's reputation.

4. a trace of contamination or infection

[C14: (influenced by attaint infected, from attain) from Old French teindre to dye, from Latin tingere to dye]

ˈtaintless adj

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taint

(teɪnt)

n.

1. a trace of something bad or offensive.

2. a trace of infection or contamination.

v.t.

3. to modify by a trace of something bad or offensive.

4. to infect or contaminate.

5. to sully or tarnish (a person's name, reputation, etc.).

v.i.

6. to become tainted; spoil.

[1325–75; conflation of Middle English taynt (aph. variant of attaint, past participle of attaint) with late Middle English taynt hue, tint (< Anglo-French teint < Latin tinctus)]

taint

Past participle: tainted
Gerund: tainting

Imperative
taint
taint

Present
I taint
you taint
he/she/it taints
we taint
you taint
they taint

Preterite
I tainted
you tainted
he/she/it tainted
we tainted
you tainted
they tainted

Present Continuous
I am tainting
you are tainting
he/she/it is tainting
we are tainting
you are tainting
they are tainting

Present Perfect
I have tainted
you have tainted
he/she/it has tainted
we have tainted
you have tainted
they have tainted

Past Continuous
I was tainting
you were tainting
he/she/it was tainting
we were tainting
you were tainting
they were tainting

Past Perfect
I had tainted
you had tainted
he/she/it had tainted
we had tainted
you had tainted
they had tainted

Future
I will taint
you will taint
he/she/it will taint
we will taint
you will taint
they will taint

Future Perfect
I will have tainted
you will have tainted
he/she/it will have tainted
we will have tainted
you will have tainted
they will have tainted

Future Continuous
I will be tainting
you will be tainting
he/she/it will be tainting
we will be tainting
you will be tainting
they will be tainting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tainting
you have been tainting
he/she/it has been tainting
we have been tainting
you have been tainting
they have been tainting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tainting
you will have been tainting
he/she/it will have been tainting
we will have been tainting
you will have been tainting
they will have been tainting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tainting
you had been tainting
he/she/it had been tainting
we had been tainting
you had been tainting
they had been tainting

Conditional
I would taint
you would taint
he/she/it would taint
we would taint
you would taint
they would taint

Past Conditional
I would have tainted
you would have tainted
he/she/it would have tainted
we would have tainted
you would have tainted
they would have tainted

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Noun 1. [画像:taint - the state of being contaminated]taint - the state of being contaminated

contamination

impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure

dust contamination - state of being contaminated with dust

Verb 1. taint - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"

defile, sully, corrupt, cloud

mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

2. taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism

infect

superinfect - infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms

smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

taint

verb

1. disgrace, shame, dishonour, brand, ruin, blacken, stigmatize They said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.

2. spoil, ruin, contaminate, damage, soil, dirty, poison, foul, infect, stain, corrupt, smear, muddy, pollute, blight, tarnish, blot, blemish, sully, defile, adulterate, besmirch, vitiate, smirch Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
spoil clean, cleanse, purify, disinfect, decontaminate

noun

1. disgrace, shame, stigma, dishonour Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption.

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taint

verb

1. To become or cause to become rotten or unsound:

break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, turn.

Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed.

2. To make morally impure:

contaminate, corrupt, defile, infect, pollute, soil.

3. To contaminate the reputation of:

befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, tarnish.

Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.

noun

A mark of discredit or disgrace:

black eye, blemish, blot, onus, spot, stain, stigma, tarnish.

Archaic: attaint.

Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon.

Translations

شائِبَه، لَطْخَه، عَيْبيُفْسِديُلَطِّخ، يُلَوِّث، يُفْسِد

nákazanakazit sezkazit

fordærveinficereødelæggeplet

verderben Anflug

pilatasaastuttaaturmellaväliliha

gâter souillure

blettur; veila; skemmdspillaspilla , menga

infettare traccia

pagadinti

iezīmeizpausmepazīmesabojātsabojāt reputāciju

besmitte besmittelse infisere

bozmak bozulmakokuşmakokutmakleke

使腐坏感染腐坏腐蚀

taint

[teɪnt]

A. N (liter) → mancha f, mácula f (liter)
the taint of sin → la mancha del pecado

B. VT

1. (= spoil) [+ food, medicine] → contaminar

2. (fig) [+ reputation] → mancillar
the elections have been tainted by corruption → las elecciones se han visto empañadas or salpicadas por la corrupción

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taint

[ˈteɪnt] vt

[+ meat, food] → gâter ; [+ flavour] → dénaturer

[+ reputation] → entacher
to be tainted by sth → être entaché(e) de qch
Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption → Les leaders de l'opposition ont déclaré que les élections avaient été entachées de corruption.

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taint

(lit, of food etc) → Stich m; meat free from taint → einwandfreies Fleisch

(fig: = blemish) → Makel m; (= trace) → Spur f; a taint of madness → eine Anlage zum Irrsinn ; the hereditary taint → die krankhafte Erbanlage ; the taint of sin → der Makel der Sünde ; a nasty taint of fascism → ein übler faschistischer Beigeschmack

food → verderben

air, atmosphere → verderben, verpesten

(fig) reputation → beflecken, beschmutzen

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taint

[teɪnt]

1. n (fig) → macchia
the taint of madness → il marchio della pazzia

2. vt (meat, food) → far avariare (fig) (reputation) → infangare

taint

(teint) verb

1. to spoil (something) by touching it or bringing it into contact with something bad or rotten. The meat has been tainted. bederf يُلَطِّخ، يُلَوِّث، يُفْسِد опетнявам contaminar zkazit verderben inficere μολύνω echar a perder; contaminar riknema ajama, ära rikkuma فاسد شدن؛ صدمه دیدن pilata gâter, corrompre לְהִתקַלקֵל दूषित करना (po)kvariti, uprljati megfertőz mencemari spilla(st), menga(st) guastare, contaminare よごす 감염, 오염 시키다 sugadinti sabojāt menjadi busuk bederven smitte, infisere, forderve skazić contaminar a se strica, a se altera портить skaziť (sa) okužiti pokvariti göra skämd ทําให้เสีย bozmak, kokutmak (使)腐壞, 感染 псувати خراب کرنا، آلودہ کرنا làm hỏng (使)腐坏,感染

2. to affect (someone or something) with something evil or immoral; to corrupt. He has been tainted by his contact with criminals. bederf يُفْسِد покварявам contaminar nakazit se verderben fordærve; ødelægge μιαίνω, διαφθείρω contaminar; corromper rikkuma, korrumpeerima اثر بد گذاشتن turmella corrompre לְזַהֵם छूत लगाना pokvariti, loše djelovati megront mempengaruhi spilla(st) corrompere, guastare 腐敗させる 타락하다 pagadinti, pakenkti, sutepti sabojāt reputāciju dicemari bederven forderve zepsuć contaminar a (se) strica портить; развращать nakaziť (sa) spriditi blatiti fläcka, besudla, fördärva มีมลทิน bozmak, lekelemek 腐蝕 псувати متاثر کرنا làm hư hỏng 腐蚀

noun

a mark or trace of something bad, rotten or evil. the taint of decay. smet, skandvlek شائِبَه، لَطْخَه، عَيْب следа mancha nákaza der Anflug plet μίασμα, ίχνος μόλυνσης mancha, mancilla; corrupción plekk, rüvetus اثر بد؛ خدشه varjo souillure, corruption שֶׁמֶץ שֶׁל רֵיח רַע मैलापन mrlja romlottság (nyoma) noda blettur; veila; skemmd ombra, macchia 汚れ 흔적 dėmė, ženklas pazīme; iezīme; izpausme tanda-tanda smet plett, besmittelse skaza mancha urmă; boală налёт nákaza madež mrlja smitta, fördärv, skamfläck จุดด่างพร้อย leke; bozulma, kokuşma 腐壞 наліт; зіпсованість داغ vết nhơ 腐坏

ˈtainted adjective

spoiled or corrupted. tainted food; The nation is tainted with evil and corruption. besmet فاسِد، مُنْتِن покварен contaminado zkažený, nakažený verdorben fordærvet μολυσμένος, χαλασμένος echado a perder; viciado, corrompido riknenud, rikutud فاسد شده turmeltunut souillé, corrompu מקולקל, מושחת दूषित pokvaren fertőzött rusak spilltur contaminato, corrotto 腐った 더럽혀진, 썩은 pagedęs, sugedęs sabojājies; sabojāts; pagrimis busuk; tercemar bedorven fordervet, råtten zepsuty, skażony contaminado stricat; corupt испорченный skazený, nakazený okužen ukaljan skämd, fläckad, fördärvad ซึ่งเน่าเสีย bozulmuş, lekelenmiş 腐壞的 зіпсований داغ دار، خراب hư hỏng; đội bại 腐坏的

taint

n. [stain] mancha, mácula;

v. manchar, podrirse o causar putrefacción; corromperse.

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I don't wish to offend you--I will say, a certain Taint. Very well.

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Likewise glorious followers, who make themselves as trumpets of the commendation of those they follow, are full of inconvenience; for they taint business through want of secrecy; and they export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy.

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A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it; in the same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district, than an entire State.

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The holy angels could not have loved Nicolete with a purer love, a love freer from taint of any earthly thought, than I, a man of thirty, blase, and fed from my youth upon the honeycomb of woman.

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CREON She shall be taken to some desert place By man untrod, and in a rock-hewn cave, With food no more than to avoid the taint That homicide might bring on all the State, Buried alive.

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He was driven to envy such a respectable bereavement, and one so perfectly free from any taint of misfortune that even his best friend or his best enemy would not have felt the slightest thrill of exultation.

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Once subjected to the chromatic taint, every parental and every childish Circle would demoralize each other.

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This is now a tainted place, and I well know the taint of it clings to me.

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And mine own hatred have I even hated, because it tainted thee!

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Clean or tainted, hot or stale, Hold it as it were the Trail, Through the day and through the night, Questing neither left nor right.

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On the twelfth day my throat was so painful that, taking the chance of alarming the Martians, I attacked the creaking rain-water pump that stood by the sink, and got a couple of glassfuls of blackened and tainted rain water.

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With such a smile then, and with a voice sweet as the evening breeze of Boreas in the pleasant month of November, Mrs Bridget gently reproved the curiosity of Mrs Deborah; a vice with which it seems the latter was too much tainted, and which the former inveighed against with great bitterness, adding, "That, among all her faults, she thanked Heaven her enemies could not accuse her of prying into the affairs of other people."

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