tarnished

• abased
• bastardized
• bedimmed
• bedraggled
• befouled
• begrimed
• besmeared
• besmirched
• black
• blackened
• blah
• bleary
• blemished
• blurred
• broken-down
• caliginous
• cheapened
• clouded
• cloudy
• colored
• colorless
• common
• contaminated
• corrupt
• corrupted
• dark
• darkened
• darkish
• debased
• debauched
• decayed
• defiled
• degraded
• demeaned
• demoralized
• depraved
• desecrated
• dilapidated
• dim
• dimmed
• dingy
• dirtied
• dirty
• discolored
• discredited
• disgraced
• dishonored
• distorted
• drab
• dreary
• dull
• dulled
• dusk
• dusky
• dusty
• evil
• faded
• faint
• feculent
• fetid
• filthy
• flat
• foul
• fouled
• frayed
• fuzzy
• gloomy
• gray
• grey
• grimy
• ill-defined
• impure
• indistinct
• lackluster
• leaden
• lightless
• lowered
• lusterless
• marred
• mat
• matt
• matte
• messy
• monotone
• monotonous
• mousey
• mousy
• muddy
• murky
• muted
• nasty
• obscure
• obscured
• opaque
• overcast
• pale
• palish
• perverted
• pitch-black
• pitch-dark
• poisoned
• polluted
• poorly lit
• profaned
• putrescent
• putrid
• rancid
• rank
• rotten
• run down
• sank
• seedy
• shabby
• shadowy
• shamed
• sloppy
• slovenly
• smeared
• smirched
• smudged
• smutted
• soiled
• somber
• sombre
• sooty
• sordid
• spoiled
• spoilt
• spotted
• squalid
• stable
• stained
• stale
• stinking
• stygian
• subverted
• sullied
• sunk
• tainted
• tarred
• tenebrific
• tenebrous
• threadbare
• tired
• touched
• trite
• twisted
• unclear
• unhealthful
• unhealthy
• unhygienic
• unilluminated
• unpolished
• vague
• vile
• vitiated
• weak

• beaming
• bedazzling
• bright
• brightened
• brilliant
• buffed
• burnished
• candescent
• cheerful
• clean
• cleansed
• clear
• dazzling
• dignified
• distinct
• effulgent
• elevated
• encouraging
• ennobled
• enshrined
• favorable
• fulgent
• gemmy
• glazed
• gleaming
• glimmering
• glinting
• glistening
• glittering
• glorified
• glossy
• glowing
• good
• hallowed
• happy
• hygienic
• immaculate
• incandescent
• intelligent
• lacquered
• lambent
• light
• lively
• lucent
• lucid
• luminous
• lustrous
• magnified
• neat
• nice
• polished
• pure
• purified
• radiant
• refulgent
• resplendent
• rubbed
• satin
• satiny
• scintillating
• shellacked
• shimmering
• shining
• shiny
• silken
• silky
• sleek
• slick
• slippery
• smart
• sparkling
• spotless
• sterile
• twinkling
• uncontaminated
• unpolluted
• uplifted
• varnished
• vivacious

• verb
  1. To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
  2. To soil, sully, damage or compromise.
  3. To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
• adjective
  1. Discolored or blemished.
  2. (by extension, of one's reputation, name or word) Sullied or dishonored.

• The once beautiful silverware was now tarnished and dull.
• His reputation was tarnished by false accusations.
• She polished the tarnished necklace until it shone again.
• Years of neglect had tarnished the old painting's frame.
• The scandal tarnished the company's public image.

abased

damaged

darkened

darkish

queered

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