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Noun
A physical trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality
An imperfection, fault or bad name associated with someone
An element or constituent which renders something unclean
A small round or roundish mark, differing in color or texture from the surface around it
A shade or variety of a colour
The introduction of a substance that has harmful or poisonous effects
A physical deformity that spoils the appearance or completeness of something
A foul or unpleasant smell
Verb
To tarnish with something undesirable
To sully the good name of
To make hurtful and untrue comments about
To destroy or damage the value or quality of
To cause to be dirty or soiled
To rot or cause to rot
To affect without completely changing
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
To give or add color to
To make, or cause to be, blur or dim
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▲
Noun
▲
A physical trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality
blemish
defect
fault
flaw
imperfection
tarnish
contagion
contamination
infection
pollution
tincture
tinge
touch
trace
corruption
septicity
pestilence
bug
poison
toxicity
impurity
sepsis
septicaemia
inflammation
suppuration
bacteria
germs
ulceration
microbes
insanitation
debasement
defilement
illness
disease
plague
bane
virus
blight
venom
miasma
weakness
failing
shortcoming
deficiency
foible
frailty
limitation
inadequacy
problem
demerit
catch
sin
failure
glitch
blot
gremlin
peccadillo
weak point
weak spot
Achilles heel
hang-up
more ❯
“This can have a significant impact on the product by causing a
taint
in the flavor.”
Noun
▲
An imperfection, fault or bad name associated with someone
stain
blot
smear
spot
stigma
shame
smirch
hint
slur
suggestion
brand
disgrace
onus
scar
smudge
demerit
discredit
dishonour
UK
corruption
dishonor
US
black mark
bad name
blot on the escutcheon
blemish
black eye
odium
infamy
bar sinister
ignominy
flaw
obloquy
disesteem
disrepute
disfavour
UK
slight
disfavor
US
ingloriousness
loss of face
reproach
humiliation
tarnish
imperfection
mark
opprobrium
besmirch
scandal
degradation
slander
defamation
disrespect
vilification
lost face
affront
ill repute
defect
fault
injury
damage
tarnishing
blight
imputation
besmirchment
blame
censure
mark of Cain
millstone
hit
slap
slam
exposé
dump
contempt
libel
ill-repute
condemnation
disapproval
crime
embarrassment
disapprobation
calumny
lie
untruth
debasement
reprobation
derision
debasing
derogation
comedown
turpitude
prostitution
pollution
humbling
scorn
culpability
abasement
disbarment
misgrace
contumely
venality
strife
baseness
sin
meanness
mudslinging
insult
notoriety
false accusation
false imputation
whispering campaign
false report
unpopularity
disregard
bad reputation
ill fame
ill favour
low esteem
lack of respectability
indignity
mortification
reflection
loss of pride
abashment
chagrin
aspersion
discomfiture
shamefulness
blow to one's pride
disreputableness
offence
UK
offense
US
depreciation
detraction
notoriousness
vitiation
ignobility
put down
disgracefulness
bad reflection
disreputability
egg on one's face
dishonorableness
wickedness
depravity
evil
immorality
vileness
doghouse
opprobriousness
ignominiousness
unhonour
UK
degeneracy
mistrust
distrust
unscrupulousness
unhonor
US
condescension
discomposure
outrage
dishonesty
resignation
bad books
loss of reputation
shaming
discomfort
dissolution
humble pie
slap in the face
smack in the face
treachery
self-abasement
loss of self-respect
disparagement
criticism
loss of honor
abomination
bad odour
impropriety
injustice
smarting
shamefacedness
compunction
punishment
lowering
downgrading
harm
misery
self-consciousness
animadversion
stricture
snub
submissiveness
rebuff
submission
red face
skeleton in the cupboard
loss of dignity
bad odor
belittlement
loss of respect
crawling
prostration
looking foolish
fluster
unworthiness
confusion
source of discredit
swallowing one's pride
touché
brush-off
disconcertment
eating crow
humility
humbleness
kick in the teeth
mental pain
eating humble pie
self-effacement
demotion
subjugation
downgrade
awkwardness
vexation
bring down
exposure
naming and shaming
public disgrace
sinfulness
badness
iniquity
heinousness
viciousness
wrong
sordidness
corruptness
iniquitousness
crookedness
lawlessness
knavery
foulness
malfeasance
dissipation
lawbreaking
devilishness
unseemliness
shadiness
bad
contemptibility
vulgarity
wretchedness
pettiness
deviltry
depravation
ill
despicability
unsavouriness
villainy
scoundrelism
rudeness
double-dealing
low-mindedness
more ❯
“By identifying the guilty, the
taint
of suspicion can be lifted from the innocent.”
Noun
▲
An element or constituent which renders something unclean
uncleanness
defilement
contamination
adulteration
pollutant
pollution
dirt
filth
grime
scum
stain
dregs
tarnish
foreign matter
contaminant
impurity
adulterant
dross
bits
foreign body
foul matter
contagion
pestilence
impurities
waste
smog
greenhouse effect
poisons
greenhouse gasses
litter
effluence
trash
carbon footprint
toxic waste
fumes
toxin
poison
chemical
waste product
Noun
▲
A small round or roundish mark, differing in color or texture from the surface around it
spot
speck
stain
mark
smudge
blotch
dot
patch
speckle
daub
fleck
pop
splotch
blemish
point
spatter
dab
dapple
discoloration
eyespot
macula
macule
mottle
petechia
pip
smear
smirch
splodge
splosh
dollop
jot
molecule
mote
blot
blur
smutch
smut
streak
stripe
blob
dirty mark
fingermark
soiled spot
splatter
foxing
dirt
colorwash
tarnish
contamination
soil
spattering
ink spot
coat
cover
splash
pinpoint
mite
dash
particle
bit
iota
touch
pinprick
atom
scrap
flyspeck
grain
dribble
fault
mottling
stigma
defect
birthmark
source
spurt
freckle
splurge
period
naevus
circle
burst
stretch
stipple
tittle
minim
trace
strawberry mark
press
granule
droplet
port wine stain
pat
stroke
tiny mark
rub
crumb
morsel
fragment
bloodstain
blood
piece
flake
more ❯
Noun
▲
A shade or variety of a colour
tint
stain
color
US
tinge
colour
UK
dye
shade
hue
tone
tincture
cast
blush
colourant
UK
colorant
US
flush
rinse
wash
glow
coloration
complexion
chroma
pigmentation
tinct
streak
hint
touch
luminosity
trace
dash
drop
highlight
lowlight
highlights
streaking
mixture
coloring
US
colouring
UK
pigment
bleach
paint
peroxide
dyestuff
henna
hair dye
colouring agent
saturation
varnish
hydrogen peroxide
bloom
bleaching agent
emulsion
colourwash
texture
tempera
intensity
hair color
brilliance
colouring matter
coloring matter
colour wash
undertone
blee
iridescence
chromism
chromaticity
chromatism
colourway
UK
colorway
US
film
coat
layer
natural coloring
overlay
screen
covering
radiance
rosiness
luster
US
lustre
UK
suffusion
coating
freshness
sheen
ruddiness
pinkness
redness
swab
more ❯
Noun
▲
The introduction of a substance that has harmful or poisonous effects
pollution
contamination
sullying
corruption
defilement
impairment
infection
adulteration
tainting
dirtying
decomposition
violation
profanation
vitiation
deterioration
desecration
soiling
befouling
besmirching
blight
fouling
adulterating
contaminating
corrupting
depravation
poisoning
depravity
infecting
poison
abuse
besmearing
misuse
polluting
spoliation
warping
debasement
degradation
tarnishing
impurity
ruination
devaluation
depreciation
reduction
destruction
decay
ruin
putrescence
putrefaction
rotting
rot
festering
breakdown
damage
harm
septicity
foulness
rottenness
sepsis
spoiling
erosion
spoilage
noxiousness
befoulment
septicaemia
inflammation
suppuration
bacteria
germs
ulceration
microbes
toxicity
insanitation
pestilence
more ❯
Noun
▲
A physical deformity that spoils the appearance or completeness of something
flaw
defect
crack
blemish
chip
deformity
disfigurement
fault
fracture
imperfection
irregularity
kink
scar
scratch
blight
blotch
break
deformation
excrescence
excrescency
knot
mar
mark
patch
rift
spot
blot
marring
pockmark
snag
speck
stain
tear
wart
birthmark
cleft
crevice
discoloration
fissure
hole
scission
split
rough spot
injury
abnormality
ugliness
monstrosity
distortion
pit
contortion
defacement
unsightliness
warp
wound
naevus
eyesore
misshapenness
crookedness
pock
blot on the landscape
malformation
dent
misshape
welt
malconformation
crater
twist
streak
hideosity
buckle
aberration
impairment
splotch
stigma
sight
deviation
nick
bend
notch
hollow
weakness
freckle
cavity
indentation
pimple
eruption
rash
zit
strawberry mark
port wine stain
dimple
blight on the landscape
pitted scar
staining
disfiguration
warping
tarnishing
twistedness
misshaping
splodge
atrocity
buckling
oddity
mutation
torturing
twisting
bending
abberation
disproportion
trace
weal
cicatrix
horror
mess
blister
lesion
misproportion
repulsiveness
wrenching
carbuncle
fright
contusion
bruise
trauma
burn
stigmata
yellowing
bruising
bloom
tint
ecchymosis
scab
cicatrice
mutilation
track
disgrace
ugly sight
asymmetry
corruption
hideousness
damage
unattractiveness
depravity
unnaturalness
grossness
dot
dump
fleck
ugly thing
speckle
smudge
blot on landscape
point
mottle
eyespot
dapple
pip
blob
mote
pinprick
jot
more ❯
Noun
▲
A foul or unpleasant smell
reek
stench
stink
smell
pong
niff
malodour
whiff
fetor
mephitis
effluvium
odour
UK
guff
miasma
hum
odor
US
funk
fetidity
foul smell
bad smell
redolence
noisomeness
perfume
aroma
fragrance
scent
fetidness
tang
bouquet
savour
UK
savor
US
sniff
pungency
malodor
essence
nose
pen and ink
fume
pungence
trail
snuff
musk
fart
flatus
vapor
US
fumes
unpleasant smell
disgusting odor
malodorousness
exhaust
exhalation
foulness
vapour
UK
foul odor
horrible smell
unpleasant odor
offensive smell
fragrancy
incense
balm
spice
attar
otto
aura
aftershave
pheromone
balminess
waft
sweetness
good smell
emanation
lungful
sweet odour
sweet smell
hint
draft
US
draught
UK
trace
inhalation
faint smell
brief smell
cologne
indication
air
oil
spray
sachet
eau de cologne
toilet water
eau de toilette
body mist
body spray
more ❯
Verb
▲
To tarnish with something undesirable
contaminate
corrupt
pollute
vitiate
befoul
adulterate
damage
defile
dirty
mar
blight
foul
infect
muddy
soil
spoil
poison
ruin
tar
destroy
doctor
spike
crud up
water down
debase
degrade
sully
pervert
stain
deprave
impair
dilute
abase
tarnish
profane
bastardize
US
cheapen
alloy
debauch
deteriorate
bastardise
UK
lace
demean
subvert
prostitute
canker
warp
devalue
weaken
lessen
blemish
make impure
darken
cut
mix
desecrate
depreciate
smirch
demoralize
US
violate
thin
touch
trash
besmirch
abuse
demoralise
UK
undermine
despoil
denature
blaspheme
dope
thin out
tamper with
extend
afflict
empoison
attenuate
radioactivate
sophisticate
envenom
distort
muck up
blend
intermix
colour
UK
cook
reduce in value
worsen
deface
run through
add poison to
reduce in quality
manipulate
vandalize
US
color
US
spread among
misuse
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
bestialize
outrage
vandalise
UK
drag down
treat with disrespect
blot
cloud
plague
disgrace
shame
compromise
fester
commingle
dissolve
litter
toxify
infest
make filthy
brutalize
US
blacken
alter
vulgarize
US
vulgarise
UK
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
unhallow
falsify
smear
overwhelm
putrefy
reduce
diminish
disease
commit sacrilege
do wrong
spread to
misapply
misemploy
load
deacon
interfere with
discolor
US
exploit
mishandle
mix with
slip a Mickey Finn into
fiddle with
tinker with
maculate
harm
discolour
UK
treat sacrilegiously
mess up
trample on
make weak
make thin
water
make weaker
make thinner
scuzz up
take advantage of
ill-use
make foul
bias
add water to
prejudice
turn
jaundice
embitter
sour
more ❯
“A cataclysmic explosion that would ruin and
taint
all other foods within the refrigerator.”
Verb
▲
To sully the good name of
tarnish
blemish
smear
sully
besmirch
soil
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
blacken
blot
brand
discredit
stain
blight
debase
disgrace
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
shame
hurt
injure
smirch
darken
harm
touch
deprave
poison
tar
cast a slur
drag through the mud
give a bad name
blot your copybook
degrade
defame
lower
humiliate
demean
humble
abase
take down
chasten
cheapen
defile
bring into disrepute
foul
bring shame on
bring shame to
give a bad name to
reflect badly on
bring discredit to
put in a bad light
drag through the mire
embarrass
drag down
sink
show in a bad light
besmear
mar
bring dishonour to
blacken the name of
disparage
debauch
belittle
slur
damage
give a black eye
make lose face
denigrate
slander
scandalize
US
vilify
mortify
corrupt
desecrate
snub
scandalise
UK
diminish
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
devalue
expose
compromise
put down
bring shame upon
tear down
shoot down
show up
lower the status of
reflect negatively
take down a peg
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
cast in a bad light
muddy the reputation of
vitiate
spoil
ruin
bemean
downgrade
pervert
bastardize
US
demoralise
UK
brutalize
US
bastardise
UK
brutalise
UK
demoralize
US
bring low
bring down
reduce the status of
cut down
cast down
be prejudicial to
spot
reduce
ridicule
disrespect
disregard
own
deride
attaint
mock
libel
derogate
lose face
tar and feather
cause to lose face
cut down to size
make someone eat crow
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
denounce
characterize
US
label
classify
class
categorize
US
mark
pillory
describe
identify
label negatively
accuse of being
characterise
UK
call
categorise
UK
name
mark out
malign
calumniate
censure
reproach
insult
mudsling
disesteem
run down
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
detract from
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
pooh-pooh
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
blacken someone's name
abash
crush
deflate
make a fool of
subdue
put to shame
squash
make someone eat humble pie
discomfit
lessen
make ashamed
flatten
quash
chagrin
settle someone's hash
dehumanize
US
dehumanise
UK
stoop
descend
pull down
break
pan
discountenance
take the wind out of your sails
cause to feel small
get the better of
have the last laugh on
deign
condescend
dump on
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
profane
disconcert
demolish
depreciate
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
betray
prostitute
minimize
US
undervalue
slam
blister
wither
rip
minimise
UK
take apart
confuse
vanquish
downplay
cow
take to bits
take to pieces
tame
sell out
put out of countenance
play down
be untrue to oneself
beat down
succumb
abandon one's principles
score off
show in bad light
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
demote
fix someone's wagon
put away
bring down a peg
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
put one away
strike dumb
cut to the quick
put in one's place
lower oneself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
do discredit to
become a stain of the escutcheon of
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
be a discredit to
more ❯
“She carries with her an air of confidence, even arrogance, that seems to
taint
every successful artist once the cash starts rolling in.”
Verb
▲
To make hurtful and untrue comments about
slander
defame
denigrate
malign
vilify
disparage
libel
traduce
calumniate
smear
slur
asperse
decry
belittle
sully
blacken
besmirch
derogate
tarnish
blot
slight
smirch
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
injure
revile
insult
attack
vilipend
defile
damage
slam
pan
roast
assail
muckrake
detract
misrepresent
depreciate
scorch
blister
backbite
belie
sneer
blaspheme
hit
plaster
strumpet
bad-mouth
run down
speak ill of
drag through the mud
drag through the mire
cast aspersions on
speak evil of
fling mud at
sling mud at
give a bad name
throw mud at
spread scandal about
do a hatchet job on
tear down
tell lies about
cast a slur on
sling mud
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
run smear campaign
sully someone's reputation
defame someone's character
stain
discredit
disgrace
stigmatize
US
befoul
soil
besmear
spoil
give a black eye
spot
stigmatise
UK
rubbish
knock
censure
degrade
breathe on
bring discredit to
reproach
rip
blotch
debase
shame
bring into disrepute
slag off
lower
rip up and down
do a number on
reduce
disrespect
deride
reflect badly on
bring shame upon
bring shame on
tar and feather
drag someone's name through the mud
badmouth
burlesque
caricature
embarrass
blemish
poison
undermine
write false reports about
spread tales about
mark wrong
drag name through mud
drag someone's name through the mire
prejudice
ruin
blackguard
poor-mouth
drag through mud
mudsling
villainize
tarnish someone's name
taint someone's name
accuse falsely
cast aspersion
sully someone's name
spread lies about
injure the reputation of
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
blacken someone's character
criticize
US
slate
trash
discount
put down
diss
deprecate
minimize
US
abuse
criticise
UK
dis
vituperate
diminish
dismiss
minimise
UK
trash-talk
impugn
bash
dump on
have a go at
talk down
cry down
play down
kiss off
lambaste
pull apart
pour scorn on
berate
hit out at
condemn
write off
take to pieces
blacken the name of
skewer
pummel
US
bag
contemn
pummelled
UK
deflate
lay into
tear into
speak badly of
sully the reputation of
detract from
denounce
hammer
monster
inveigh against
underestimate
downgrade
pull to pieces
jump on
throw brickbats at
blacken the reputation of
conduct a smear campaign against
scoff at
castigate
excoriate
lambast
offend
pillory
blast
scathe
savage
rebuke
undervalue
underrate
demonize
US
potshot
nag
scold
belabor
US
trivialize
US
demonise
UK
curse
downplay
zing
snub
upbraid
rap
taunt
minify
misprize
oppress
reprove
persecute
rail against
ridicule
mock
dispraise
belabour
UK
flame
hose
fulminate against
cut to the quick
lessen
trivialise
UK
humiliate
do down
pooh-pooh
make light of
sneer at
hold cheap
sell short
rip up
blacken the character of
dig
jinx
think little of
question
devaluate
compromise
cheapen
dress down
criticize unfairly
give black eye
bad mouth
mistrust
repudiate
slang
miscall
ride
backstab
call down
rag on
speak of with disfavour
be unkind about
be critical of
be malicious about
have a pop at
crush
brand
be rude to
call names
cut down
blow off
shout at
cuss out
swear at
vituperate against
downcry
comment negatively
mortify
opprobriate
reject
insinuate
mess with
cut up
skin alive
kick in the teeth
slap in the face
hit where one lives
understate
underemphasize
disesteem
set no store by
de-emphasize
set little store by
rate too low
think too little of
not do justice to
gloss over
brush aside
do an injustice to
not do justice
be wrong about
shrug off
scorn
disdain
humble
fault
spurn
discountenance
treat lightly
take down a peg
find fault with
look down on
pick holes in
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Verb
▲
To destroy or damage the value or quality of
mar
spoil
damage
ruin
impair
injure
harm
wreck
hurt
deface
blemish
blight
compromise
disfigure
vitiate
cripple
break
stain
tarnish
flaw
sully
pollute
endamage
mangle
crab
bloody
warp
queer
maim
blot
upset
bruise
bend
scratch
ding
tweak
detract
mess up
foul up
louse up
cross up
rough up
shake up
put a damper on
destroy
sabotage
ravage
annihilate
crush
undermine
weaken
poison
devastate
demolish
corrupt
shatter
trash
touch
afflict
debase
defile
disrupt
gut
smash
dismantle
play havoc with
darken
corrode
wreak havoc on
infect
contaminate
undo
besmirch
desecrate
crack
wound
scar
vandalize
US
wear away
dent
knock
raze
scorch
total
smirch
do damage to
screw up
shock
sap
vandalise
UK
smash up
be detrimental to
muck up
cause detriment to
detract from
soil
befoul
pervert
worsen
degrade
destabilize
US
color
US
colour
UK
sour
jeopardize
US
subvert
disfeature
abuse
tear
dirty
discolour
UK
lacerate
scathe
maltreat
gnaw
wrong
split
rust
rot
discolor
US
burn
disintegrate
hinder
deteriorate
impoverish
debilitate
diminish
affect
bleach
fade
stab
devitalize
incapacitate
depress
impede
disable
enervate
bang up
tamper with
dilapidate
mutilate
blast
wither
torpedo
batter
enfeeble
inconvenience
trouble
play merry hell with
impact
overcome
nick
prejudice
drive a nail into the coffin of
strike
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
take out
destabilise
UK
deliver a blow to
perturb
influence
wrench
deform
do harm to
handle roughly
prevail
occur
overwhelm
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
impinge
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
dump on
do mischief to
strike down
strike at
spread to
take hold of
attack
exert influence on
have an impact on
have an effect on
scotch
dash
scupper
banjax
nix
dish
cruel
euchre
frustrate
crool
end
quell
prevent
quash
stymie
nullify
decay
make a mess of
blow a hole in
put the kibosh on
bring to naught
put an end to
do in
put paid to
bring to an end
put a stop to
make a hash of
put the lid on
glitch up
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
thwart
do for
foil
obstruct
check
block
stop
hamper
baffle
derail
baulk
UK
cramp
balk
US
defeat
curb
restrain
circumvent
counter
discomfit
crimp
checkmate
outwit
forestall
upset the applecart
despoil
snooker
disappoint
stand in the way of
put the mockers on
beat
blow
trammel
oppose
reduce
nobble
cross
put the stopper on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
hold up
desolate
halt
bar
threaten
neutralize
US
decimate
balls up
blunt
bilk
root
snafu
cook someone's goose
take wind out of
give the slip
bring down
nip in the bud
neutralise
UK
invalidate
make useless
inhibit
squash
fetter
hamstring
hobble
handicap
deter
overturn
overthrow
ruinate
wrack
pulverize
US
nuke
botch
muller
rattle
traverse
negate
cramp one's style
hang up
queer someone's pitch
spike someone's guns
reduce to nothing
bring to ruin
cancel out
lay in ruins
put a brake on
take down
play off
pulverise
UK
render ineffective
pillage
plunder
sack
depredate
spoliate
devalue
lessen
cheapen
decrease
take apart
devaluate
confuse
unfit
disqualify
stifle
arrest
take the wind out of your sails
stultify
shipwreck
lose strength
lay waste to
mess
preclude
prohibit
stump
lick
forbid
distort
be a blot on the landscape
twist
dash one's hope
give the run around
contravene
debar
scuttle
obviate
confound
suppress
repel
repress
lame
repulse
parry
cause setback
get the better of
blank
put end to
counterplot
beat down
take wind out of sails
bury
make of no use or value
vaporize
US
mangulate
waste
torpefy
sink
flatten
bust
knacker
ravish
cream
dislimb
disarm
scourge
extinguish
bodge
level
knock down
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
deplete
wreak havoc upon
pull down
leave in ruins
lay waste
clean out
wipe out
tear down
rub out
vaporise
UK
leave desolate
pique
pain
wax
foul
topple
draw blood
make lame
hack up
obliterate
eradicate
squelch
unbuild
skin
craze
rain on someone's parade
work against
put at risk
delay
brake
halt in its tracks
throw monkey wrench in
throw a monkey wrench in the works
encumber
retard
slow
cumber
shackle
clog
manacle
freeze
faze
bork
dam
handcuff
stonewall
interfere
bind
close off
entangle
give a hard time
short-circuit
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
hog-tie
saddle with
chain
hold back
cut off
embarrass
disconcert
tie up
get in the way
slow down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to be dirty or soiled
smudge
stain
soil
dirty
daub
sully
besmirch
befoul
smear
muddy
smirch
begrime
foul
blacken
grime
spot
mire
defile
muck
bemire
tarnish
distain
mark
gaum
spatter
blotch
bedaub
dot
blot
splotch
fleck
streak
splodge
speck
slop
plaster
blob
stripe
pollute
contaminate
spoil
discolour
UK
discolor
US
corrupt
blemish
tar
splash
mar
injure
ruin
denigrate
make dirty
splatter
bespatter
debase
damage
make impure
mess up
besoil
cloud
besmear
adulterate
disgrace
scar
encrust
draggle
coat
smutch
darken
make filthy
make dusty
vilify
debauch
make unclean
tinge
get dirty
get filthy
bloody
black
litter
cover
slush
roil
rile
murk
muck up
becloud
speckle
make mucky
make murky
mottle
anoint
make cloudy
poison
infect
blight
pepper
dent
make black
cloud up
make blacker
make darker
sprinkle
disfigure
desecrate
deface
imprint
spray
strew
dapple
bestrew
scatter
freckle
shoot
sow
marble
stipple
notch
impress
bruise
pit
pockmark
score
scratch
cut
nick
scrape
chip
gash
splosh
blaze
check
chalk
ink
stroke
maculate
stud
pimple
X
besprinkle
slabber
make muddy
cake with dirt
make sooty
spread
dab
smut
cake with soil
patch
cake with mud
make grimy
cover with blotches
shade
slap
bespeckle
ebonize
splat
dust
bestud
variegate
make dark
make smoky
muss
mess
muss up
shower
wet
slosh
dash
plash
spritz
douse
swash
discharge
disperse
spangle
bedabble
splutter
broadcast
dribble
sputter
polka-dot
more ❯
Verb
▲
To rot or cause to rot
putrefy
decay
rot
decompose
spoil
fester
perish
disintegrate
molder
US
corrupt
mould
UK
mold
US
moulder
UK
foul
crumble
deteriorate
turn
mortify
sphacelate
putresce
necrose
gangrene
stink
break down
go bad
go off
fall apart
become rancid
go moldy
go to seed
degrade
corrode
necrotize
break up
go sour
degenerate
gather
sour
curdle
go mouldy
become rotten
acidify
become gangrenous
ferment
become sour
make rancid
wither
mildew
go rancid
shrivel
shrivel up
dissolve
decline
defile
blight
discolor
US
sap
discolour
UK
waste
go stale
addle
grow moldy
wear away
waste away
rot away
fall into decay
atrophy
die
deaden
dilapidate
compost
breakdown
be rotten
go putrid
canker
be past its sell-by date
fall to pieces
languish
go to rack and ruin
fall
become addled
go rotten
become useless
become infected
become tainted
turn bad
vegetate
rust
stultify
stagnate
suppurate
sicken
dry-rot
be impaired
become contaminated
more ❯
Verb
▲
To affect without completely changing
color
US
affect
influence
alter
distort
impact
condition
manipulate
prejudice
transform
twist
warp
angle
bias
change
garble
slant
sway
doctor
modify
stretch
skew
bend
faze
steer
throw
upset
exert an influence on
have an effect on
pervert
fudge
cook
Verb
▲
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
disintegrate
break
shatter
fragment
fracture
crumble
split
bust
splinter
crumple
rive
sever
collapse
shiver
rupture
separate
dismember
divide
explode
disrupt
founder
subside
fall
fail
disperse
disunite
fold
disband
dismantle
detach
disconnect
disimprove
disorganize
sink
turn
break up
give way
cave in
come apart
fall to pieces
fall apart
break apart
blow up
fall to bits
fly apart
blow apart
go to pieces
go belly-up
go to rack and ruin
fade away
take apart
fall apart at the seams
smash to smithereens
turn to dust
smash
crack
burst
rend
demolish
break down
buckle
tear
give
destroy
implode
snap
fragmentize
fall in
fall down
trash
tumble
yield
crash
blow out
break into pieces
cleave
crush
sunder
splinterize
fragmentalize
pulverize
US
slump
sag
topple
total
go
bust up
pulverise
UK
succumb
pull to pieces
tumble down
make mincemeat of
go out
dissolve
crunch
spall
torpedo
scrunch
cave
damage
part
waste
pop
blast
blow
disassemble
annihilate
make hash of
come to pieces
mangle
prang
crush to smithereens
burst apart
split up
break to smithereens
pull apart
topple over
give out
give in
go down
come down
tear apart
come apart at the seams
nuke
perforate
puncture
eradicate
beat
physically break
powder
come to bits
impair
finish off
smatter
pash
breach
dash
distort
settle
squash
squish
warp
drop
wilt
come to dust
break to pieces
wreck
break into tiny pieces
collapse inwards
crash in
sink inwards
come down about one's ears
split asunder
break open
break into
smash into smithereens
break into fragments
ravage
devastate
erupt
detonate
wrack
cream
deconstruct
stave
crack open
crack apart
take to bits
take to pieces
crack up
pull to bits
smash up
strip down
wrack up
write off
dash to pieces
crump
dissipate
cut
dispel
rip
slash
squander
stave in
go off
diverge
lacerate
be set off
burst out
fly into pieces
go bang
dissever
slit
scatter
tatter
shred
spread out
go in different directions
take off in all directions
clear out
move in different directions
go separate ways
ribbon
tear in two
rip to pieces
rip apart
rip in two
tear to pieces
tear asunder
rip asunder
flop
stumble
plummet
plunge
pitch
dive
descend
nosedive
drop down
trip
crater
slide
flump
slip
fall over
stagger
slouch
plonk oneself
plop oneself
keel over
fall headlong
lower
skid
trip over
loll
go head over heels
lurch
droop
cascade
decline
dip
tip over
fall flat
trip up
flop down
go belly up
take a header
hit the dirt
lower oneself
gravitate
duck
sprawl
cowp
pratfall
totter
fall back
be overcome
face-plant
collapse inward
plump down
plunk down
tumble over
take a dive
pitch forward
go headlong
set
plank oneself
plump oneself
fold up
go end over end
take a nosedive
come a cropper
take a spill
plonk down
fall in a heap
go for six
plop down
capitulate
bend
sit heavily
shrink
faint
capsize
overturn
hit the deck
plump
tip
bite the dust
come clattering down
take a fall
measure one's length
prostrate oneself
fall head over heels
fall end over end
overbalance
keel
bellyflop
lose your balance
falter
go lame
miss one's footing
lose your footing
teeter
unhorse
remove
land
run down
fall prostrate
slide down
plop
move down
ground
decrease
dump
sink back
precipitate
fall to the ground
turn over
downturn
stoop
fall steeply
do a pratfall
fall sharply
drop rapidly
descend rapidly
decrease rapidly
dunk
run
flounder
go downwards
go lower
come downwards
go to the bottom
cast down
go under the surface
touch bottom
dip beneath the horizon
bomb
free-fall
go pear-shaped
self-destruct
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give or add color to
tint
stain
tinge
dye
tincture
colour
UK
color
US
paint
pigment
shade
bepaint
wash
highlight
complexion
streak
imbue
suffuse
diffuse
infuse
imbrue
steep
ingrain
saturate
engrain
instil
UK
bathe
instill
US
coat
apply paint to
spray
impregnate
airbrush
cover
distemper
roller
brush
undercoat
colour-wash
touch up
spray-paint
put on coats
varnish
flush
change the color of
ruddle
reddle
gloss
whitewash
gloss over
slap on
Verb
▲
To make, or cause to be, blur or dim
blur
obscure
bedim
befog
dim
becloud
blear
cloud
fog
muddle
obfuscate
smudge
blacken
darken
dislimn
fade
haze
mask
mist
muddy
shroud
unfocus
besmear
blind
blot
conceal
garble
shade
shadow
smear
spot
stain
blemish
daze
dazzle
discolour
UK
discolor
US
distort
glare
hide
overcast
overcloud
overshadow
tarnish
confuse
make indistinct
cloud over
make vague
become dim
become indistinct
fuzz up
mix up
make hazy
make unclear
become fuzzy
become hazy
become less sharp
become vague
make less distinct
muddy the waters
repress
complicate
convolute
confound
misrepresent
mystify
fuddle
mire
color
US
falsify
equivocate
colour
UK
befuddle
fuzz
muddy the waters of
cloud the issue
throw up smoke screen
throw a veil over
eclipse
veil
perplex
discombobulate
adumbrate
murk
puzzle
disorient
grow dim
flummox
bamboozle
dull
addle
cloak
gray
US
grey
UK
jumble
deepen
lour
screen
cloud up
obnubilate
blot out
film
cast a shadow over
stupefy
twist
gloom
tangle
intricate
envelop
make difficult
make complex
belie
mantle
grow dark
benight
mislead
make dim
mist over
shield
become cloudy
distract from
block out
film over
become blurred
opaque
bedarken
extinguish
streak
shower
become shaded
become gloomy
become overcast
be overcast
be overshadowed
dusk
baffle
inumbrate
shelter
overhang
umbrage
ravel
embroil
cast a shadow on
block off the light to
envelop in shadow
mess up
grow black
black out
make darker
entangle
rattle
bemuse
become black
grow darker
turn black
make dark
grow blacker
make a mess of
render uncertain
make more difficult
confuscate
misinform
bewilder
cast a shadow
vex
lead astray
muddy up
fox
gravel
maze
beat
buffalo
make obscure
obstruct
cover
pose
blanket
block
enshroud
get
camouflage
bury
suppress
disguise
ensconce
obliterate
curtain
encase
hinder
cache
occult
wrap
bemist
pettifog
stonewall
pervert
mist up
cover up
paper over
warp
misstate
fudge
blank out
keep out of sight
put out of sight
alter
fog over
misinterpret
slant
bend
cook
form mist
become obscure
make cloudy
become covered in condensation
steam up
become misty
fog up
become clouded
glaze over
steam
doctor
change
misrelate
misreport
adulterate
misquote
corrupt
misconstrue
mistranslate
misrender
mangle
slur
twist around
tinker with
tamper with
more ❯
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