Synonyms for tarnish

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tahr-nish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɑr nɪʃ

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Définition of tarnish

Origin : 1590s, from present participle stem of Middle French ternir "dull the luster or brightness of, make dim" (15c.), probably from Old French terne (adj.) "dull, dark," from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German tarnjan "to conceal, hide," Old English dyrnan "to hide, darken," from Proto-Germanic *darnjaz (see dern). Figurative sense is from 1690s. Related: Tarnished; tarnishing.

verb dirty, corrupt

Example sentences :

The moment anybody peers at you you show a tarnish, and get put off.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Was there not gold enough in his hair before, that he should tarnish it with this crown?
Extract from : « Vera » by Oscar Wilde

So many of us tarnish our victories by the manner in which we display them.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

Though the drops were salt, they would not tarnish the gold.
Extract from : « The Maidens' Lodge » by Emily Sarah Holt

No one is trying to tarnish this person; no one has thought of it.
Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain

The honour of his name is in my keeping, he says, and he looks to me to do nothing to tarnish it.
Extract from : « Great Porter Square, v. 2 » by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

They wished to tarnish our military glory; but they made a mistake.
Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 2 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards

I kept saying to myself, 'Which of yon will tarnish it first?'
Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur

For what I saw in her dear eyes was so innocent and so full of trust that I could not tarnish the ideal.
Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson

He is not worth the tarnish that he will spread upon your good name.
Extract from : « Dreamy Hollow » by Sumner Charles Britton

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