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Noun taint has 1 sense
- contamination, taint - the state of being contaminated
--1 is a kind of impurity, impureness
--1 has particulars: dust contamination
Verb taint has 2 senses
- defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
--1 is one way to mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- infect, taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
--2 is one way to pollute, foul, contaminate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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