Definitions For Taint

noun

  • The state of being contaminated
  • Something that causes a person or thing to be thought of as bad, dishonest, etc.

verb

  • Contaminate with a disease or microorganism
  • Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  • To hurt or damage the good condition of (something)
  • To make (something) dangerous or dirty especially by adding something harmful or undesirable to it

Is Taint a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
6

The word Taint is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Taint in a Sentence

  • Criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy
  • A tendency toward conceitedness taints that athlete's status as a role model
  • That rare political campaign that wasn't marred by the taint of false accusations

Synonyms for Taint

Antonyms for Taint

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