Meaning of "taint" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAINT

(Influenced by attaint infected, from attain) from Old French teindre to dye, from Latin tingere to dye.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TAINT

taint  [teɪnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAINT

Taint is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb taint in English.

WHAT DOES TAINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of taint in the English dictionary

The first definition of taint in the dictionary is to affect or be affected by pollution or contamination. Other definition of taint is to tarnish. Taint is also a defect or flaw.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TAINT

PRESENT

Present

I taint

you taint

he/she/it taints

we taint

you taint

they taint

Present continuous

I am tainting

you are tainting

he/she/it is tainting

we are tainting

you are tainting

they are tainting

Present perfect

I have tainted

you have tainted

he/she/it has tainted

we have tainted

you have tainted

they have tainted

Present perfect continuous

I have been tainting

you have been tainting

he/she/it has been tainting

we have been tainting

you have been tainting

they have been tainting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tainted

you tainted

he/she/it tainted

we tainted

you tainted

they tainted

Past continuous

I was tainting

you were tainting

he/she/it was tainting

we were tainting

you were tainting

they were tainting

Past perfect

I had tainted

you had tainted

he/she/it had tainted

we had tainted

you had tainted

they had tainted

Past perfect continuous

I had been tainting

you had been tainting

he/she/it had been tainting

we had been tainting

you had been tainting

they had been tainting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will taint

you will taint

he/she/it will taint

we will taint

you will taint

they will taint

Future continuous

I will be tainting

you will be tainting

he/she/it will be tainting

we will be tainting

you will be tainting

they will be tainting

Future perfect

I will have tainted

you will have tainted

he/she/it will have tainted

we will have tainted

you will have tainted

they will have tainted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tainting

you will have been tainting

he/she/it will have been tainting

we will have been tainting

you will have been tainting

they will have been tainting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would taint

you would taint

he/she/it would taint

we would taint

you would taint

they would taint

Conditional continuous

I would be tainting

you would be tainting

he/she/it would be tainting

we would be tainting

you would be tainting

they would be tainting

Conditional perfect

I would have taint

you would have taint

he/she/it would have taint

we would have taint

you would have taint

they would have taint

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tainting

you would have been tainting

he/she/it would have been tainting

we would have been tainting

you would have been tainting

they would have been tainting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you taint
we let´s taint
you taint

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to taint

Past participle

tainted

Present Participle

tainting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TAINT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «taint» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of taint

adulterate · besmirch · black mark · blacken · blemish · blight · blot · brand · contagion · contaminate · contamination · corrupt · damage · defect · defile · demerit · dirty · disgrace · dishonour · fault · flaw · foul · infect · infection · muddy · poison · pollute · pollution · ruin · shame · smear · smirch · soil · spoil · spot · stain · stigma · stigmatize · sully · tarnish · vitiate

TRANSLATION OF TAINT

Find out the translation of taint to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of taint from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «taint» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 玷污
• Translator English - Spanish: enturbiar
• English: taint
• Translator English - Hindi: कलंक
• Translator English - Arabic: العيب
• Translator English - Russian: зараза
• Translator English - Portuguese: manchar
• Translator English - Bengali: কলঙ্ক
• Translator English - French: entacher
• Translator English - Malay: Mencemari
• Translator English - German: beschmutzen
• Translator English - Japanese: 評判を失う
• Translator English - Korean: 오점을 남기다
• Translator English - Javanese: Taint
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm bại hoại
• Translator English - Tamil: சுவடும்
• Translator English - Marathi: कलंक
• Translator English - Turkish: leke
• Translator English - Italian: infangare
• Translator English - Polish: skaza
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зараза
• Translator English - Romanian: pată
• Translator English - Greek: κηλίδα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bederf
• Translator English - Swedish: bismak
• Translator English - Norwegian: plett

5 QUOTES WITH «TAINT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word taint.

1

Robert Glasper

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

2

Mark Hyman

I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.

3

Nancy Kerrigan

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

4

Greg Kinnear

Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite.

5

Chade-Meng Tan

Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAINT»

Discover the use of taint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to taint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Taint

The Tardis lands in 1963, and soon the Doctor and Sam become involved in the psychological experiments being performed by Charles Roley on former sufferers of mental illness -- he is probing the psyches of six people who believed they've ...

Michael Collier, 1999

Taint

Carol Dean is a middle-aged, middle-class woman married for over twenty-five years.

Lewlin Chard, 2010

The Taint

It tells what really went on behind closed doors in institutions where vulnerable children were preyed upon, and gaols where men were expected to become beasts. The taint of rape affected the rest of Poss Ide’s life

Cheryl Jorgensen, 2008

The Gryphon Taint

When the Gods meddle in the lives of mortals, personal disaster is assured, and disaster is coming for golem, girl and prince. ***** The Gryphon Taint was written to be a nice big read, with romance, with adventure, with trouble, and lots ...

K. M. Frontain, 2006

A Taint in the Blood: A Novel of the Shadowspawn

Eons ago, the powerful Homo Nocturnis ruled the earth.

S. M. Stirling, 2010

No Taint of Compromise: Crusaders in Antislavery Politics

"No Taint of Compromise highlights the motives and actions of those who played instrumental if not central roles in antislavery politics - those who undertook the yeoman's work of organizing parties, holding conventions, editing newspapers, ...

Frederick J. Blue, 2005

A Taint in the Blood

Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine - and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. A TAINT IN THE BLOOD. A daughter hires Kate to clear her mother's name.

Dana Stabenow, 2012

The Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877: The Taint of Gambling ...

"This work focuses on the formation of the National League and the changing nature of professional baseball in the 1870s.

William A. Cook, 2005

Any Taint of Vice: A Kate Shugak Story

In this terrific story from New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow, PI Kate Shugak is pulled into the mean streets of the Anchorage underworld to find Alyeska University president Victor Boatright's missing son Carl.

Dana Stabenow, 2012

Food Taints and Off-Flavours

This book provides the background information needed to recognize how food can become tainted, to draw up guidelines to prevent this contamination, and to plan the steps that should be taken in the event of an outbreak.

M.J. Saxby, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term taint is used in the context of the following news items.

Jubilee MPs attack Raila over 'plot' to taint State ahead of Obama's …

The leaders seemed to be taking their cue from State House, which last week accused the Opposition of making statements to taint the image of President Uhuru ... «The Standard Digital News, Jun 15»

Terrifying headlines about paedophilia taint all men

This Father's Day, the Mail On Sunday served up an especially grim breakfast for British men, when it informed us that “750,000 UK men want child sex” and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

Though acquitted, terror taint still haunts bizman

BENGALURU: Syed Sadiq Sameer, 39, was among the 17 persons acquitted in a terror conspiracy case by the Dharwad sessions court on April 30, 2015. «Times of India, Jun 15»

Bangladesh PM says illegal migrants taint national image

Migrants trying to leave Bangladesh illegally are tainting the country's image, its prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said. Ms Hasina said their attempts to leave ... «BBC News, May 15»

Wine smoke taint leaves unpleasant flavours on the palate and is on …

Recently 25 Adelaide Hills vineyards tested positive for smoke taint from bushfires earlier this year and in 2009 40 per cent of Victoria's wine production was ... «ABC Local, May 15»

Tom Brady insists 'Deflategate' doesn't taint Super Bowl win

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Thursday the team's Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks was not tainted by the "Deflategate" ... «CBC.ca, May 15»

Casey Cizikas's low-blow spear of Tom Wilson doesn't taint Caps …

As Game 5 of the Caps-Islanders series wandered slightly off the path late Thursday night, Casey Cizikas's hockey stick wandered between Tom Wilson's legs. «Washington Post, Apr 15»

Why should person with even slight taint head SPMCIL, asks Delhi …

"Why should you even have a person who has a slight taint," a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the government on a PIL ... «Economic Times, Apr 15»

Grape growers, Rosemary and Frank Baldasso, lose $200000 …

A husband and wife team who grow grapes in the Adelaide Hills have lost a $200,000 vintage after their grapes tested positive for "smoke taint". Rosemary and ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»

Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines Review - Taint Very Good (Vita)

What can I say about Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines that hasn't already been said about the third Matrix movie. It's a game full of ideas and what looks like it has ... «PlayStation LifeStyle, Mar 15»