Synonyms of tarnished

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adjective

as in unpolished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unpolished
• lusterless
• dulled
• dingy
• dim
• lackluster
• drab
• muddy
• grey
• matte
• dull
• mat
• cloudy
• darkened
• gray
• pale
• matt
• dirty
• mousy
• obscured
• leaden
• dimmed
• flat
• sombre
• mousey
• dusky
• gloomy
• obscure
• black
• somber
• darkish
• palish
• murky
• dark
• pitch-black
• pitch-dark
• stygian
• tenebrous
• tenebrific

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shiny
• rubbed
• glossy
• burnished
• lustrous
• sleek
• polished
• lacquered
• varnished
• glazed
• satin
• shining
• silky
• satiny
• silken
• gleaming
• buffed
• slippery
• slick
• shellacked
• sparkling
• glistening
• brilliant
• shimmering
• bright
• dazzling
• luminous
• radiant
• incandescent
• resplendent
• twinkling
• glowing
• effulgent
• lucid
• lucent
• lambent
• glittering
• glinting
• glimmering
• brightened
• gemmy
• refulgent
• scintillating
• beaming
• fulgent
• bedazzling
• candescent

tarnished

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verb

past tense of tarnish

as in marred

to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable

a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marred
• tainted
• stained
• poisoned
• spoiled
• darkened
• touched
• spoilt
• distorted
• discredited
• degraded
• blackened
• blemished
• smeared
• lowered
• sullied
• vitiated
• corrupted
• polluted
• soiled
• blurred
• discolored
• disgraced
• clouded
• smudged
• besmirched
• tarred
• dishonored
• shamed
• dirtied
• debased
• smirched
• demeaned
• sunk
• cheapened
• perverted
• begrimed
• twisted
• subverted
• besmeared
• sank
• colored
• debauched
• smutted
• depraved
• fouled
• demoralized
• abased
• bastardized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purified
• cleansed
• elevated
• magnified
• enshrined
• dignified
• glorified
• uplifted
• ennobled
• hallowed