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Synonyms for taint
Synonyms: Verb
blemish, darken, mar, poison, spoil, stain, tarnish, touch, vitiate
Synonyms: Noun
blot, brand, onus, slur, smirch, smudge, spot, stain, stigma
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Examples of taint in a Sentence
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criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy a tendency toward conceitedness taints that athlete's status as a role modelNoun
that rare political campaign that wasn't marred by the taint of false accusations
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Just because Epstein dined alongside intellectuals doesnât, on its own, taint their work. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "Jeffrey Epstein and the Power of Networks," 27 Aug. 2019 Under the act, condemned men and women could seek a life sentence by using statistics to show that race tainted their trials. — CBS News, "North Carolina death row prisoners to argue sentences tainted by race," 26 Aug. 2019 Smiley said the department changed its position because the detective in charge of the case said making it public wouldnât taint the probe. — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, "Video shows 2 men vandalizing Louisville's controversial Castleman statue in May," 8 Aug. 2019 Morrison invalidated the lie, which taints our minds especially, that our people are either one way or the other. — Doreen St. FĂ©lix, The New Yorker, "Toni Morrison and What Our Mothers Couldnât Say," 7 Aug. 2019 The city is stepping up its efforts to flush tainted water out of the affected area, the release said. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "Boil water order still in place for portion of Las Olas Isles," 3 Aug. 2019 Many criticised the move and predicted Henry would taint his memory among the fans. — SI.com, "Thierry Henry: On This Day in 1999 the Arsenal Legend Joined the Gunners for a Club-Record Fee," 3 Aug. 2019 And the real point of that smell is to taint all Americans. — Luis Alberto Urrea, Time, "The Shame of the Border Crisis Will Never Leave Us," 2 Aug. 2019 No other Entenmann's products, including Little Bites Muffins, are similarly tainted since Little Bites Cookies are made on a dedicated production line, the company said. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "Entenmann's Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies have been recalled due to blue plastic contamination," 2 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
It's believed the rite cleanses a soldier of war's taint and heads off postwar ailments. — Betty Reid, azcentral, "To Chester Nez, last of the original Code Talkers, the words are more than a code," 29 Aug. 2019 For some, expunging the taint of the Saudis from the U.S. alliance system may be worth the price. — Mike Watson, National Review, "Why the Middle East Policies Favored by Sanders and Warren Would Be Counterproductive," 30 July 2019 Szeemannâs thesis consolidated a generational revolt, among intellectually inclined and politically alienated art-school graduates, against conventions of artistic form and taints of marketing. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "Harald Szeemannâs Revolutionary Curating," 15 July 2019 That group, known as a taint team, would then do their own review of the remaining materials to determine which were privileged. — Alan Feuer, New York Times, "Judge Orders Document Review in Cohen Case to End Next Week," 26 June 2018 There is the taint of stigma and a reticence to talk openly about this kind of reproductive loss. — Tara Shafer, Redbook, "I Lost a Baby at 33 Weeks â Now I'm Fighting to Spare Others the Same Pain," 19 June 2018 His left hand reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Brendan Fraserâs #MeToo Story Is a Lot of Things, But It Is Definitely Not a âJokeâ," 6 June 2018 His left hand reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint. — Fiza Pirani, ajc, "#MeToo: A timeline of 2018âs sexual harassment scandals," 16 May 2018 These clergy and parishioners dismissed the humanitarian act of rescuing Jews â which was also undeniably political â as a course best avoided by a church that perceived itself above the taint of worldly affairs. — Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, "Neutrality is not a moral option | Idaho Statesman," 21 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'taint.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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