Definitions for tarnishes

tarnishes tar·nish

Spelling: [tahr-nish]
IPA: /ˈtɑr nɪʃ/

Tarnishes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 735 anagrams from letters in tarnishes (aehinrsst).

Definitions for tarnishes

noun

  1. a tarnished coating.
  2. tarnished condition; discoloration; alteration of the luster of a metal.
  3. a stain or blemish.
  4. a tarnished coating.
  5. tarnished condition; discoloration; alteration of the luster of a metal.
  6. a stain or blemish.

verb (used with object)

  1. to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  2. to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully:
  3. to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  4. to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully:

verb (used without object)

  1. to grow dull or discolored; lose luster.
  2. to become sullied.
  3. to grow dull or discolored; lose luster.
  4. to become sullied.

Origin of tarnishes

1590-1600; Middle French terniss-, long stem of ternir to dull, deaden, derivative of terne dull, wan Germanic; compare Old High German tarni, cognate with Old Saxon derni, Old English dierne

Examples for tarnishes

The honour of his name is in my keeping, he says, and he looks to me to do nothing to tarnish it.

Was there not gold enough in his hair before, that he should tarnish it with this crown?

Though the drops were salt, they would not tarnish the gold.

No one is trying to tarnish this person; no one has thought of it.

He said Iran pays lobbyists in Washington to discredit reports by Iranian exiles and tarnish their image.

The moment anybody peers at you you show a tarnish, and get put off.

So many of us tarnish our victories by the manner in which we display them.

In response, Netanyahu said Olmert was trying to tarnish his administration ahead of parliamentary elections next week.

And using charges themselves false in order to tarnish his reputation?

Banville may tarnish his hero a bit, particularly by tormenting him with alcohol.

Mr. Clavering, for all I know, is a gentleman of untarnished reputation.

His own honour was so untarnished that he refused to believe less of others.

How is he managing to appear, for now, anyway, so—untarnished?

She was the very dawn of life herself, untarnished, unfatigued, unashamed.

There is something merciless in the purity of untarnished youth.

It is not dirty nor silly; it is nature's untarnished truth.

Ruth had sent him to her untarnished, and now, while in her keeping, he was drifting away!

The little I have I leave to you, and the chief of this is an untarnished name.

It was not only untarnished by such knowledge as we brought with 166 us, it was radiant.

His honor was ever untarnished by even a breath of suspicion.

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