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English to English noun
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discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation |  | source: wordnet30
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The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | | Example: The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air. | | source: webster1913
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