| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot of dirt, blot, bar |
Synonyms: |
black eye, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, ink spot, mottle, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch, spot, stigma, tint |
Antonyms: |
blank, cleanliness |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, taint |
Synonyms: |
animalize, bastardize, besmirch, bestialize, blacken, blemish, blot, brutalize, color, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, debauch, defile, demoralize, deprave, discolor, disgrace, drag through the mud, dye, mark, pervert, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge, tint |
Antonyms: |
clean |
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | malign; smear |
Synonyms: |
asperse, attack, bad-mouth, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, dishonor, do a number on, give a black eye, knock*, libel, malign, rip up and down, rip*, slander, slur, smudge, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify |
Antonyms: |
compliment, enhance, praise |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blot on the landscape, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit |
Antonyms: |
adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
Synonyms: |
blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
Antonyms: |
adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark; flaw |
Synonyms: |
black eye, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, defect, discoloration, disgrace, fault, odium, onus, patch, slur, smear, smudge, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint |
Antonyms: |
blank, clarity |
| Main Entry: | blot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgrace, disfigure |
Synonyms: |
bespatter, blemish, dirty, discolor, mark, smudge, smut, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
beautify, grace, prettify |
| Main Entry: | blotch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smudge |
Synonyms: |
acne, blemish, blot, breakout, eruption, mark, mottling, patch, splash, spot, stain, stigma |
Antonyms: |
blank, clarity, cleanness |
| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
Synonyms: |
besmear, blemish, blot, discolor, smear, smudge, spot, stain, taint, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | brand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stigma |
Synonyms: |
bar sinister, black eye, blot, blur, disgrace, infamy, mark, mark of Cain, odium, onus, reproach, slur, smirch, spot, stain, stigma, taint |