[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tarnish \tar"nish\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tarnished; p. pr. 
   vb. n. tarnishing. f. ternir, fr. ohg. tarnen to darken,
   to conceal, hide; akin to os. dernian to hide, as. dernan,
   dyrnan, ohg. tarni hidden, os. derni, as. derne, dyrne. cf.
   dern, a., and see -ish.
   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. "tarnished lace." --fuller. used also figuratively;
   as, to tarnish one's honor.
   1913 webster

   syn: to sully; stain; dim.
        1913 webster
see also:
tarnished tarnishing dern -ish 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tarnished
     adj : especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged
           reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished
           reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" syn: besmirched,
            damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
            tainted
see also:
besmirched damaged flyblown spotted stained sullied 
tainted 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "tarnished":
   bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, blackened, darkened, defiled,
   dirtied, discolored, drabbled, draggled, fouled, foxed, foxy, inky,
   murky, smirched, smoky, smudged, soiled, spotted, stained,
   stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized, sullied, tainted

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