tarnish (n.)
- aspersion
- baton
- bleach
- blemish
- bloodstain
- blot
- blotch
- blur
- brand
- censure
- dab
- damage
- daub
- defile
- dim
- discolor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparagement
- drain
- expose
- eyesore
- fade
- fleck
- flick
- flyspeck
- foul
- fume
- gibbet
- grime
- harm
- hurt
- imputation
- macula
- maculation
- macule
- mar
- mark
- mess
- nasty
- onus
- pale
- patch
- peroxide
- pillory
- prejudice
- reflection
- reprimand
- reproach
- ruin
- scorch
- singe
- slander
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- smoke
- smooch
- smudge
- smut
- soil
- spatter
- speck
- speckle
- splash
- splatter
- splotch
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- stigmatism
- stigmatization
- sully
- taint
- tar
- vitiate
tarnish (v.)
- achromatize
- asperse
- attaint
- bedaub
- befoul
- begrime
- besmear
- besmirch
- bespatter
- blacken
- blanch
- bleach
- blemish
- blot
- blotch
- blur
- brand
- calumniate
- censure
- contaminate
- corrupt
- dab
- damage
- darken
- daub
- debase
- decolor
- decolorize
- defame
- defile
- degrade
- denigrate
- dim
- dirty
- disapprove
- discolor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- drain
- dull
- embarrass
- etiolate
- expose
- fade
- fleck
- flick
- foul
- fume
- gibbet
- grime
- harm
- hurt
- impair
- infect
- injure
- mar
- mark
- mess
- muckrake
- muddy
- pale
- patch
- peroxide
- pillory
- pollute
- prejudice
- reprimand
- reproach
- revile
- ruin
- scorch
- sear
- singe
- slander
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- smoke
- smooch
- smudge
- smut
- smutch
- soil
- spatter
- speck
- speckle
- splash
- splatter
- splotch
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- stigmatize
- sully
- taint
- tar
- vilify
- vitiate
- whiten
