tarnish

tarnish is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
2. intransitive verb. To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
3. noun. The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
4. noun. A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
5. noun. discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
6. verb. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

   "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"

   "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

   Synonyms: defile, maculate, stain, sully

Synonyms

defile, maculate, stain, sully

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tarnish:

trishna

Common word forms

tarnished, tarnisher, tarnishes, tarnishing, tarnishable, tarnishment

Words from these letters

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