August 4, 2008

Tarnish








tarnish

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–verb (used with object) 
1. to dull the luster (光澤) of (a metallic surface), esp. by oxidation; discolor
2. to diminish or destroy the purity of; stain; sully (弄髒;玷污)

The scandal tarnished his [reputation].  

–verb (used without object)
 
3. to grow dull or discolored; lose luster
4. to become sullied.  

–noun 
5. a tarnished coating. 
6. tarnished condition; discoloration; alteration of the luster of a metal. 
7. a stain or blemish

—Synonyms 
2. taint, blemish, soil.
—Antonyms 
1. brighten.


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"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, 

who is neither tarnish[ed] nor afraid
," 

Raymond Chandler wrote in 1950's "The Simple Art of Murder," smacking the ascot  (領巾狀領帶) off the drawing-room mystery and all its crime-solving dilettante dandies. 


see mottle 

sully 
dilettante









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