Synonyms for tainted
taint·ed

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1. taintedadjective

   Synonyms:
   impure, imperfect, corrupt

2. taintedadjective

   corrupted or filled with imperfections.

   Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, corrupt, impure

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1. tainted

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Antonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

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1. corrupt, taintedadjective

   touched by rot or decay

   "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

   Synonyms:
   crooked, corrupt, corrupted

   Antonyms:
   fresh

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1. molested

   the color red has been molested by the maga crowd.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. taintedadjective

   Synonyms:
   infected, contaminated, defiled, imbued, vitiated, polluted

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1. List of paraphrases for "tainted":

   tarnished, vitiated, marred, contaminated, sullied, stained, flawed, tinted, smudged

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How to use tainted in a sentence?

1. RJ Intindola:

   Love is often described as a fruit you can just reach out with your hand and pluck. However, one should beware, that although glowing in color, the fruit is often tainted or rotten.

2. Eusebius McKaiser:

   I think the desire for the photo to be inauthentic speaks to an underlying belief that the flag is tainted by the association with Dylann Roof, this assumption, in turn, is deeply tragic because it (re)imagines the old South African flag as a symbol of dignity.

3. Sajjan Jindal:

   I think it's a 'No' at this point of time, purely based on the whole negative aura that has been generated, we don't want our brand to be associated with a league that is so tainted at the moment.

4. Khin Maung Zaw:

   That means anyone could have access to the phones, so anything could happen to the phones, all those messages they said were found in the phones may not be genuine or the phones may be tainted.

5. Alfonso Cuaron:

   The source material were my memories, but then the film took on its own life, now my memories are tainted by the film.