Tarnish

Definition:

  • (a.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
  • (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare tarnish with other words:

famished vs. tarnish

tarnish vs. tartish

defile vs. tarnish

tarnish vs. varnish

tarnish vs. tarnisher

distain vs. tarnish

tainted vs. tarnish

ruin vs. tarnish

garnish vs. tarnish

stainer vs. tarnish

contaminate vs. tarnish

dull vs. tarnish

attraction vs. tarnish

lustre vs. tarnish

compromise vs. tarnish

damage vs. tarnish

sully vs. tarnish

soil vs. tarnish

discolor vs. tarnish

oxidize vs. tarnish

air vs. tarnish

metal vs. tarnish

discoloration vs. tarnish

besmirch vs. tarnish

blemish vs. tarnish

calumny vs. tarnish

blacken vs. tarnish

stain vs. tarnish

dirty vs. tarnish