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adjective

Definition of stainednext
as in blackened
not clean always seen wearing stained clothes, which he apparently hoped would mark him as an antibourgeois bohemian

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stained

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verb

past tense of stain
1
as in tainted
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat

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2
as in painted
to give color or a different color to stained the table to look like cherry

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3
as in dirtied
to make dirty oil stained his work pants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stained
  1. blackened
  2. tainted
  3. painted
  4. filthy
  5. marred
  6. dusty
  7. poisoned
  8. colored
Adjective
  • In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Definition of blackened
Verb
  • Amazon objected to the 2022 warehouse election results, alleging the Amazon Labor Union and the federal labor board had tainted the vote.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Some see all Russians and their cultural heritage as irredeemably tainted by imperial thinking, a view heavily influenced by post-colonial studies in American academia.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of tainted
Verb
  • There are no windows from Ski Dubai to the outside world and its walls and ceiling are painted in a creamy-blue color giving it a perpetual appearance of twilight.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The sun has disappeared beyond the middle-class condos of West Palm Beach and the western sky is painted tangerine.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of painted
Adjective
  • In the earlier seasons of the show, characters were often filthy, caked with dirt and blood, clothes tattered.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of filthy
Verb
  • But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • Around 20 million years ago, as wind and streams whittled away at the Rocky Mountains, the debris was dumped in the High Plains, a dusty bed of sand and gravel.
    Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In one corner, dozens of dusty bottles sat behind beanbag chairs, while a miniature trampoline lay turned on its side.
    River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of dusty
Verb
  • Drugs, success, and conflicting personalities had poisoned members’ relationships.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In times of crisis, these individuals may be offered or pushed into leadership positions that are precarious, at best, and poisoned, at worst.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of poisoned
Verb
  • Phoenix Raceway bag policy Phoenix Raceway's bag policy allows bags that are fully clear or colored clear plastic, vinyl or mesh.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Numbers and colored contours on a map are not sufficient and really never have been.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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