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Synonyms of stain in English:

stain


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verb

1‘her clothing was stained with blood’

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discolour, blemish, soil, mark, muddy, spot, spatter, splatter, smear, splash, smudge, blotch, blacken
dirty, get dirty, make dirty, get filthy, make filthy, sully, spoil, defile, pollute, contaminate, foul, befoul, grime, begrime
literary besmirch

2‘the awful events would unfairly stain the city's reputation’

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damage, injure, harm, sully, soil, blacken, tarnish, taint, besmirch, blemish, defile, blot, smear, bring discredit to, dishonour, drag through the mud

3‘wood can always be stained to a darker shade’

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colour, tint, dye, tinge, shade, pigment
varnish, paint, colour-wash

noun

1‘there were mud stains on my shoes’

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mark, spot, spatter, splatter, blotch, blemish, smudge, smear
dirt, foxing

2‘he has been discharged without a stain on his character’

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blemish, injury, taint, blot, blot on one's escutcheon, slur, smear, discredit, dishonour, stigma
damage

3‘an exterior type of wood stain’

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tint, colour, dye, tinge, shade, pigment, colourant
varnish, paint, colour wash