taint

Usage

• taint

  To taint is to give an undesirable quality that damages a person's reputation or otherwise spoils something.

• stain

  color with a liquid dye or tint

• stained

  marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter

• stainless

  (of reputation) free from blemishes

• tincture

  fill, as with a certain quality

• tint

  color lightly

• tinted

  darkly colored

• untainted

  (of reputation) free from blemishes