Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. corrupted or filled with imperfections.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of taint.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. touched by rot or decay
Examples
“As part of Erdogan's media blitz, he was interviewed on Egypt's most popular political talk show, "10 o'clock," where he defended the concept of secularism - a term tainted as "anti-Islamic" in the eyes of many Egyptians.”
“Nevertheless, many are calling Reyes gutless and his title tainted.”
The Huffington Post: Rob Kirkpatrick: Reyes Has No Reason to Apologize for Batting Title
“Satra's recommendation, which it described as tainted and flawed.”
“I don't know whether his money is what they call tainted or not, but there's one thing sure, it ain't done us any good.”
“FEMA food kits may contain tainted peanut butter [CNN]”
FEMA Food May Contain Salmonella Peanut Butter - The Consumerist
“Legal settlement reached in tainted pet food case" [Reuters UK] (Photo: faster panda kill kill)”
Pet Food Companies Agree To $24 Million Settlement Over Killer Pet Food - The Consumerist
“His reputation, perhaps irreparably tainted, is at stake, along with an incalculable monetary windfall.”
“Because it is so complicated that all they want to have out there is the word tainted associated with defense DNA because they think they can score brownie points.”
“If you are immunized against hepatitis A and you are exposed to it in tainted food, does it provide total protection or just reduce the severity of the disease?”
“I cannot have our name tainted and will therefore leave the house and part of my property to your cousin.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tainted’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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hunting
crudely, unequivocal, obsolete, obscure, overtly, misdeed, shack, inherent, outcry, hefty, composed, poised and 315 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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Stuffie: Love
Love and all that stuff.
puppy, triangle, tough, first, in the third degree, handles, endless, bite, shack, bird, potion, tainted and 29 more...
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I am : dirty
dirty, stained, grubby, tainted, speckled, tarnished, smeared, filthy, muddy, smudged, grimy, foul and 3 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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monica's list
just words i think are pretty.
luminous, iridescent, crestfallen, wanderlust, autumn, autumnal, spark, candescence, exaltations, merry, empathy, tainted and 96 more...
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vocabs
to learn
fond, fuss, unhinged, syndication, mayhem, invoke, nostalgia, bizarre, blatantly, condemn, comrade, captivity and 89 more...
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tragedy of the commons
insomnia, arabesque, carousal, lucifer, riot, submerge, initiate, indigo, existence, magenta, opus, sleeplessness and 145 more...
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dirtysnowflake's Words
snowflake, parisian, couture, mystery, ruby, clandestine, corset, october, list, touch, caress, aboulia and 156 more...
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Love
words I love
clipside, shoreline, céu, nuvem, brilho, saudade, silver, you, never, circumstance, introvert, seconds and 19 more...
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Those to whom evil is done, do evil i...
it's a harsh world
truculence, loathsome, despicable, deleterious, abhorrent, wretched, aberrant, surly, abhor, venal, nefarious, vile and 17 more...
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First Thought
merciless, enamoured, occluded, transposed, abysmal, palpitations, secluded, agony, transverse, itchings, detained, lament and 9 more...
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☾
nymph, dulcet, vertiginous, diaphanous, puerility, solecism, uranist, mellifluous, nubile, labyrinthian, concupiscence, salacious and 39 more...
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