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tarnished 音标拼音: [t'ɑrnɪʃt] Tarnish \ Tar" nish\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Tarnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Tarnishing}.] [ F. ternir, fr. OHG. tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS. dernian to hide, AS. dernan, dyrnan, OHG. tarni hidden, OS. derni, AS. derne, dyrne. Cf. { Dern}, a., and see {- ish}.] To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. " Tarnished lace." -- Fuller. Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one' s honor. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To sully; stain; dim. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " tarnished": bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, blackened, darkened, defiled, dirtied, discolored, drabbled, draggled, fouled, foxed, foxy, inky, murky, smirched, smoky, smudged, soiled, spotted, stained, stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized, sullied, tainted
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