If you say that something tarnishes someone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had. The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister. [VERB noun] His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal. [VERB noun]
- To lose luster; become discolored: a metal that tarnishes quickly. 2. To become less enjoyable or estimable: Her admiration for the movie's producer quickly tarnished.
discolor. to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully: The scandal tarnished his reputation. v.i. to grow dull or discolored; lose luster. to become sullied. n. Metallurgy a tarnished coating. Metallurgy tarnished condition; discoloration; alteration of the luster of a metal. a stain or blemish.
Some foods will tarnish silver. His actions tarnished [= sullied] the family's good name. The scandal tarnished his reputation.
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