stain

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of STAIN

to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable <her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat>

Synonyms blemish, darken, mar, poison, spoil, stain, tarnish, touch, vitiate

Near Antonyms cleanse, purify; dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, glorify, hallow, magnify, uplift

to give color or a different color to <stained the table to look like cherry>

Synonyms bepaint [archaic], dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

Related Words brighten, lighten; darken, embrown, tone (down); checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate

Near Antonyms blanch, bleach, whiten

Antonyms decolorize

to make dirty <oil stained his work pants>

Synonyms befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully

Related Words contaminate, defile, pollute, taint; discolor; confuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddle; colly [chiefly British dialect], crock [dialect]

Near Antonyms decontaminate, purge, purify; disinfect, sanitize; brush, dry-clean, dust, launder, mop, rinse, scour, scrub, sweep, wash, wipe; brighten, deodorize, freshen, renew, spruce (up); straighten (up), tidy (up)

Antonyms clean, cleanse

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