ALL meanings of tarnish
tar·nish
T t - intransitive verb tarnish metal: lose shine 1
- transitive verb tarnish reputation: stain 1
- transitive verb tarnish metal: discolour, dull 1
- verb with object tarnish to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor. 1
- verb with object tarnish to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully: The scandal tarnished his reputation. 1
- verb without object tarnish to grow dull or discolored; lose luster. 1
- verb without object tarnish to become sullied. 1
- noun tarnish a tarnished coating. 1
- noun tarnish tarnished condition; discoloration; alteration of the luster of a metal. 1
- noun tarnish a stain or blemish. 1
- verb tarnish If you say that something tarnishes someone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had. 0
- verb tarnish If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness. 0
- uncountable noun tarnish Tarnish is a substance which forms on the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness. 0
- verb tarnish to lose or cause to lose the shine, esp by exposure to air or moisture resulting in surface oxidation; discolour 0
- verb tarnish to stain or become stained; taint or spoil 0
- noun tarnish a tarnished condition, surface, or film 0
- verb transitive tarnish to dull the luster of or discolor the surface of (a metal) as by exposure to air 0
- verb transitive tarnish to besmirch or sully (a reputation, honor, etc.) 0
- verb transitive tarnish to spoil, mar, or debase 0
- intransitive verb tarnish to lose luster; grow dull; discolor, as from oxidation 0
- intransitive verb tarnish to become sullied, soiled, spoiled, marred, etc. 0
- noun tarnish the condition of being tarnished; dullness 0
- noun tarnish the film of discoloration on the surface of tarnished metal 0
- noun tarnish a stain; blemish 0