- stained - marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter; "a badly stained tablecloth"; "tear-stained cheeks"
Antonyms: unstained, untreated
- stained, varnished - having a coating of stain or varnish
Antonym: unpainted (indirect, via painted)
- besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished - especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
Antonym: unblemished (indirect, via blemished)
- stain - color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
--1 is one way to dye
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stainer1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stain3, noun stain1
Something ----s
- tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
--3 is one way to spot, fleck, blob, blot
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun stain4, noun stain5
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
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- stain - color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
--4 is one way to dye
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stain2, noun staining1
Somebody ----s something