taint
noun
1. the state of being contaminated
Similar word(s): contamination
Definition categories: state, impureness, impurity
Sentences with taint as a noun:
- He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. — Macaulay.
verb
1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Similar word(s): cloud, corrupt, defile, sully
Definition categories: contact, deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate
2. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Similar word(s): infect
Definition categories: body, contaminate, foul, pollute
Sentences with taint as a verb:
- Meat soon taints in warm weather.