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91befoul — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make dirty: begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully. See CLEAN. 2. To contaminate the reputation of: besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty,… …
92denigrate — [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir… …
93cloud — 1. noun 1) dark clouds Syn: storm cloud, cloudbank, cloud cover; mackerel sky 2) a cloud of exhaust smoke Syn: mass, billow; pall, mantle, blanket 2. verb 1) th …
94darken — verb 1) the sky darkened Syn: grow dark, blacken, dim, cloud over, lower; shade, fog 2) his mood darkened Syn: blacken, become angry, become annoyed; sadden, become gloomy …
95stain — 1. verb 1) her clothing was stained with blood Syn: discolor, blemish, soil, mark, muddy, spot, spatter, splatter, smear, splash, smudge, blotch, blacken; literary imbrue 2) the report stained his reputation …
96tarnish — 1. verb 1) gold does not tarnish easily Syn: discolor, rust, oxidize, corrode, stain, dull, blacken Ant: polish, brighten 2) it tarnished his reputation Syn …
97detraction — detraction, backbiting, calumny, slander, scandal arecomparable when they denote either the offense of one who defames another or casts aspersions upon him or what is uttered by way of defamation or aspersion. Detraction stresses the injurious… …
98malign# — malign adj 1 malignant, *malicious, malevolent, spiteful Analogous words: inimical, hostile, rancorous, antipathetic, antagonistic (see corresponding nouns at ENMITY): venomous, virulent, *poisonous, toxic Antonyms: benign Contrasted words:… …
99tarnish — 1. verb 1) gold does not tarnish easily Syn: discolour, rust, oxidize, corrode, stain, dull, blacken 2) it tarnished his reputation Syn: sully, blacken, stain, blemish …
100black — off black [[t]blæk[/t]] adj. black•er, black•est, 1) lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it 2) characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night[/ex] 3) pan (sometimes cap …
