tarnished
The word “tarnished” has 2 syllables: tar-nished
It's pronounced as /ˈtɑːrnɪʃt/
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In the thesaurus, “tarnished” has 157 synonyms and 79 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for tarnished along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for tarnished
- abased
- bastardized
- bedimmed
- bedraggled
- befouled
- begrimed
- besmeared
- besmirched
- black
- blackened
- blah
- bleary
- blemished
- blurred
- broken-down
- caliginous
- cheapened
- clouded
- cloudy
- colored
- colorless
- common
- contaminated
- corrupt
- corrupted
- dark
- darkened
- darkish
- debased
- debauched
- decayed
- defiled
- degraded
- demeaned
- demoralized
- depraved
- desecrated
- dilapidated
- dim
- dimmed
- dingy
- dirtied
- dirty
- discolored
- discredited
- disgraced
- dishonored
- distorted
- drab
- dreary
- dull
- dulled
- dusk
- dusky
- dusty
- evil
- faded
- faint
- feculent
- fetid
- filthy
- flat
- foul
- fouled
- frayed
- fuzzy
- gloomy
- gray
- grey
- grimy
- ill-defined
- impure
- indistinct
- lackluster
- leaden
- lightless
- lowered
- lusterless
- marred
- mat
- matt
- matte
- messy
- monotone
- monotonous
- mousey
- mousy
- muddy
- murky
- muted
- nasty
- obscure
- obscured
- opaque
- overcast
- pale
- palish
- perverted
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- poisoned
- polluted
- poorly lit
- profaned
- putrescent
- putrid
- rancid
- rank
- rotten
- run down
- sank
- seedy
- shabby
- shadowy
- shamed
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smeared
- smirched
- smudged
- smutted
- soiled
- somber
- sombre
- sooty
- sordid
- spoiled
- spoilt
- spotted
- squalid
- stable
- stained
- stale
- stinking
- stygian
- subverted
- sullied
- sunk
- tainted
- tarred
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- threadbare
- tired
- touched
- trite
- twisted
- unclear
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unhygienic
- unilluminated
- unpolished
- vague
- vile
- vitiated
- weak
Antonyms for tarnished
- beaming
- bedazzling
- bright
- brightened
- brilliant
- buffed
- burnished
- candescent
- cheerful
- clean
- cleansed
- clear
- dazzling
- dignified
- distinct
- effulgent
- elevated
- encouraging
- ennobled
- enshrined
- favorable
- fulgent
- gemmy
- glazed
- gleaming
- glimmering
- glinting
- glistening
- glittering
- glorified
- glossy
- glowing
- good
- hallowed
- happy
- hygienic
- immaculate
- incandescent
- intelligent
- lacquered
- lambent
- light
- lively
- lucent
- lucid
- luminous
- lustrous
- magnified
- neat
- nice
- polished
- pure
- purified
- radiant
- refulgent
- resplendent
- rubbed
- satin
- satiny
- scintillating
- shellacked
- shimmering
- shining
- shiny
- silken
- silky
- sleek
- slick
- slippery
- smart
- sparkling
- spotless
- sterile
- twinkling
- uncontaminated
- unpolluted
- uplifted
- varnished
- vivacious
Meanings of tarnished
- verb
- To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
- To soil, sully, damage or compromise.
- To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
- adjective
- Discolored or blemished.
- (by extension, of one's reputation, name or word) Sullied or dishonored.
Example Sentences
- The once beautiful silverware was now tarnished and dull.
- His reputation was tarnished by false accusations.
- She polished the tarnished necklace until it shone again.
- Years of neglect had tarnished the old painting's frame.
- The scandal tarnished the company's public image.
On this page you'll find 236 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tarnished, such as: abased, bastardized, beaming, bedazzling, bedimmed, bedraggled, befouled.
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Related Words
abased
- abandoned
- abashed
- affronted
- bad-mouthed
- baneful
- baseborn
- bastard
- bastardized
- befouled
- begrimed
- belittled
- blemished
- boorish
- cankered
- castigated
- censured
- chastened
- cheapened
- clinging
- common
- condemned
- confounded
- confused
- contaminated
- corrupted
- counting on
- cried down
- criticized
- damaged
- damned
- debased
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- decried
- defaced
- defamed
- defenseless
- defiled
- degenerate
- degraded
- deleterious
- demeaned
- demoralized
- denounced
- depraved
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- deteriorated
- detracted
- diluted
- diminished
- dirtied
- discomfited
- disconcerted
- discounted
- discountenanced
- discredited
- disgraced
- dishonored
- disparaged
- dissolute
- downgraded
- embarrassed
- evil
- execrated
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- flawed
- flustered
- fouled
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- humble
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- ignoble
- illegitimate
- immature
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- infamous
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- junior
- knavish
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- libeled
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- lowered
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- nonaristocratic
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- ordinary
- perverse
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- plebeian
- poisoned
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- reprehended
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- rotten
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- subordinate
- subverted
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- thinned
- tied to apron strings
- took down
- under
- under thumb
- ungenteel
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damaged
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- dashed
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- desolated
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- deteriorated
- devastated
- did in
- dinged
- dinted
- disabled
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- down
- endamaged
- enervated
- enfeebled
- eroded
- flawed
- flubbed
- fouled-up
- fragmental
- fragmentary
- gashed
- glitched
- gone
- gored
- grazed
- half
- halfway
- hamstrung
- harmed
- hurt
- impaired
- imperfect
- in need of repair
- in poor condition
- in smithereens
- incomplete
- injured
- kaput
- lacerated
- laid up
- lamed
- loused up
- maimed
- maltreated
- mangled
- marred
- messed-up
- mucked up
- mutilated
- nicked
- no-go
- on the blink
- on the fritz
- out of action
- out of kilter
- out of whack
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- queered
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- scalded
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- scoured
- scourged
- scraped
- screwed-up
- shattered
- shot
- sketchy
- smashed
- snafued
- spoiled
- spoilt
- strained
- sunk
- tarnished
- tore
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- tormented
- tortured
- totaled
- totalled
- unassembled
- uncompleted
- undermined
- unfinished
- unsound
- vitiated
- washed out
- wasted
- weakened
- wiped out
- wounded
- wrecked
darkened
- abased
- adumbrated
- angered
- aphotic
- atramentous
- bastardized
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- begrimed
- besmeared
- besmirched
- black
- blacked out
- blackened
- blackish
- bleared
- blemished
- blotted out
- blurred
- bristled
- brooded
- caliginous
- camouflaged
- cheapened
- cheerless
- cimmerian
- cloaked
- closed in
- clouded
- cloudy
- colored
- concealed
- corrupted
- covered
- crepuscular
- curtained
- dark
- darkish
- darkling
- darksome
- debased
- debauched
- degraded
- demeaned
- demoralized
- depraved
- dim
- dimmed
- dingy
- dirtied
- dirty
- discolored
- discredited
- disgraced
- disguised
- dishonored
- dislimned
- dismal
- distorted
- drab
- dreary
- dull
- dulled
- dun
- dusk
- dusked
- dusky
- eclipsed
- faded
- faint
- filmy
- filthy
- fogged
- foggy
- foul
- fouled
- frosty
- frowned
- fuliginous
- fumed
- fuzzy
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- gloomed
- gloomy
- glowered
- glowering
- gray
- grey
- grubby
- hazed
- hazy
- hid
- ill-lighted
- impenetrable
- indistinct
- inky
- intimidated
- lackluster
- leaden
- lightless
- loured
- lowered
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- lurid
- lusterless
- marred
- masked
- menaced
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- misty
- moonless
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- muddied
- muddy
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- nebulous
- nontranslucent
- nontransparent
- nubilous
- obfuscated
- obfuscous
- obliterated
- obscure
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- opaque
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- pale
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- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- poisoned
- polluted
- pouted
- raged
- rayless
- roily
- sad
- sank
- scowled
- screened
- shaded
- shadowed
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- shady
- shamed
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- smeared
- smirched
- smoggy
- smoky
- smudged
- smutted
- soiled
- somber
- sombre
- sooty
- soupy
- spoiled
- spoilt
- squalid
- stained
- stared
- starless
- steamed
- stormed
- stormy
- stygian
- subverted
- sulked
- sullied
- sunk
- sunless
- tainted
- tarnished
- tarred
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- thick
- threatened
- touched
- turbid
- twilit
- twisted
- unclean
- unlighted
- unlit
- vague
- veiled
- vitiated
- waned
darkish
- adusk
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- bistered
- black
- broken-down
- brown
- brunet
- caliginous
- clouded
- cloudy
- colorless
- crepuscular
- dark
- dark-hued
- dark-skinned
- darkened
- darkling
- darksome
- dilapidated
- dim
- dimmed
- dirty
- discolored
- drab
- dreary
- dull
- dulled
- dusk
- dusky
- faded
- foggy
- fuliginous
- gloomy
- gray
- grey
- grimy
- lackluster
- leaden
- lightless
- misty
- moonless
- muddy
- murky
- obscure
- obscured
- overcast
- pale
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- rayless
- run down
- sable
- seedy
- shabby
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- shady
- smirched
- smoggy
- smoky
- somber
- sombre
- soupy
- starless
- stygian
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- sunless
- swart
- tan
- tarnished
- tawny
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- threadbare
- tired
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queered
- abashed
- agitated
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- battered
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- crabbed
- crippled
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- debased
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- dented
- desolated
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- devastated
- did in
- dinged
- dinted
- disabled
- discomfited
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- discountenanced
- disfigured
- dismayed
- disquieted
- distressed
- disturbed
- embarrassed
- endamaged
- enervated
- enfeebled
- eroded
- fazed
- flawed
- flustered
- hamstrung
- harmed
- humbled
- humiliated
- hurt
- impaired
- injured
- lacerated
- lamed
- maimed
- mangled
- marred
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- scoured
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- spoiled
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- tarnished
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- tormented
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- totalled
- undermined
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- wounded
- wrecked