taint
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being contaminated
Types & categories
- impureness hypernym
- dust contamination hyponym
Related & opposite
- taint derivation
- pollute derivation
- contaminate derivation
Sense 2 verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully someone's reputation
Types & categories
- mar hypernym
Related & opposite
- cloud derivation
Sense 3 verb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Types & categories
- pollute hypernym
- superinfect hyponym
- smut hyponym
Related & opposite
- disinfect antonym
- infection derivation
- infection derivation
- contamination derivation
- infective derivation
- infectious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | taint |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pollute |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contaminate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | impureness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dust contamination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloud |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mar |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | disinfect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contamination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infective |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infectious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pollute |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | superinfect |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | smut |