Tarnishes Synonyms and Antonyms

Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sullies
  2. stains
  3. soils
  4. smudges
  5. taints
  6. smears
  7. dirties
  8. clouds
  9. defiles
  10. blackens
  11. spots
  12. spoils
  13. spatters
  14. muddies
  15. mars
  16. smuts
  17. besmirches
  18. injures
  19. fades
  20. dulls
  21. discredits
  22. discolors
  23. diminishes
  24. denigrates
  25. dims
  26. defaces
  27. darkens
  28. damages
  29. bespatters
  30. corrupts
  31. corrodes
  32. contaminates
  33. besmears
  34. befouls
A mark of discredit or disgrace
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stains
  2. taints
  3. stigmata
  4. rusts
  5. spots
  6. deteriorations
  7. blots
  8. debasements
  9. blemishes

Words Related to Tarnishes

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Tarnishes Sentence Examples

  • The compact metal when exposed to the air tarnishes only very slowly.

  • The colour is usually pale bronze-yellow, often rather lighter than that of pyrites; on freshly fractured surfaces of pure marcasite the colour is tin-white, but this rapidly tarnishes on exposure to air.

  • A freshly prepared surface of the metal closely resembles zinc in appearance, but on exposure to the air it rapidly tarnishes, becoming yellowish and ultimately grey or white in colour owing to the formation of a surface layer of calcium hydrate.

  • This can stop the watch from looking its best as dirt discolors leather and tarnishes metal.

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