Synonyms for tarnished
tar·nished

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1. tarnished

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, 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. List of paraphrases for "tarnished":

   tainted, marred, smudged, stained, tempered

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1. Fran Thompson:

   Hooters is misogynistic and outdated, i don’t want my brand tarnished or associated with it. When we tell people where we are, we don’t want to say we are the headhunters above Hooters, especially as we work with a lot of women.

2. Lao Tzu:

   Thus it is said: The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long, true power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, the greatest are seems unsophisticated, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish. The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.

3. Daniel Radcliffe:

   To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you dont entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you.

4. Ari Lightman:

   Apple is going to be... in a place where their brand has been tarnished a bit, win or lose, Apple is going to be perceived as a company that's sort of extorting exorbitant rents out of the folks that they work with.

5. Mike Reese:

   Officers certainly have a right to have and express their opinions but not using an official badge of the Portland Police Bureau, the badge represents all members of the organization, past and present, and is an important symbol in our community that must not be tarnished.