| VERB | contact | taint, defile, sully, corrupt, cloud | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | taint, infect | contaminate with a disease or microorganism | |
| NOUN | state | taint, contamination | the state of being contaminated |
| Sounds | tey'nt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquaint ... saint: 12 rhymes with eynt... | |
| Meaning | The state of being contaminated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | contamination | |
| Narrower | dust contamination | state of being contaminated with dust |
| Broader | impurity, impureness | The condition of being impure |
| Spanish | contaminación, infección | |
| Catalan | infecció | |
| Verbs | taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism |
| Meaning | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | defile, sully, corrupt, cloud | |
| Broader | mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate | make imperfect |
| Spanish | afear, mancillar, pervertir | |
| Catalan | pervertir, sollar | |
| Meaning | contaminate with a disease or microorganism. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | infect | |
| Narrower | smut | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn |
| superinfect | infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | |
| Broader | pollute, foul, contaminate | make impure |
| Opposite | disinfect | Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing |
| Spanish | contagiar, impurificar, infectar, inficionar, manchar | |
| Catalan | contagiar, contaminar, infectar | |
| Nouns | taint | the state of being contaminated |
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