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Adjective tarnished has 1 sense
- besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished - especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
Antonym: unblemished (indirect, via blemished)
Verb tarnish has 1 sense
- tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
--1 is one way to spot, fleck, blob, blot
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