tainting

The word “tainting” has 2 syllables: tain-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪntɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for tainting?

In the thesaurus, “tainting” has 102 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tainting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tainting

abasing
abuse
adulterating
adulteration
baneful
bastardizing
befouling
begriming
besmearing
besmirching
blackening
blemishing
blight
blurring
cheapening
clouding
coloring
contagious
contaminating
corrupting
corruption
darkening
deadly
debasing
debauching
decomposition
defilement
defiling
degrading
deleterious
demeaning
demoralizing
depraving
desecration
destructive
deterioration
detrimental
diluting
dirtying
discoloring
discrediting
diseased
disgracing
dishonoring
distorting
doctoring
evil
fatal
fouling
fouling up
foulness
greenhouse effect
griming
harmful
harmful baneful
impairment
impurity
infecting
infection
infectious
injurious
lethal
lowering
marring
miring
misuse
mortal
muddying
noxious
pernicious
perverting
pestiferous
pestilential
poisoning
polluting
profanation
rottenness
rotting
ruinous
shaming
sinking
smearing
smirching
smudging
smutting
soiling
spoiling
spoliation
staining
subverting
sullying
taint
tarnishing
tarring
touching
troublesome
twisting
uncleanness
vicious
vitiating
vitiation
watering down

Antonyms for tainting

clarifying
clean
cleaning
cleanliness
cleansing
clearing
decontaminating
dignifying
disinfecting
distilling
elevating
ennobling
enshrining
filtering
glorifying
hallowing
healthy
hygienic
magnifying
purging
purification
purifying
safe
sanitary
sanitizing
sterility
sterilizing
uplifting

Meanings of tainting

verb
1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
2. To spoil (food) by contamination.
3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
6. To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
7. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
8. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
9. To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Example Sentences

The scandal was tainting his once-impeccable reputation.
The presence of mold was tainting the air quality in the old building.
They were concerned that the false accusations were tainting their friendship.
The company faced backlash for tainting the environment with their careless waste disposal.
The news of the bribery scandal was tainting the entire organization's image.

On this page you'll find 130 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tainting, such as: abasing, abuse, adulterating, adulteration, baneful, bastardizing, befouling.

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