History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
contaminate

to make (something) dirty, impure or diseased (by touching or adding something impure)

adulterate

daub

to cover (a surface) thickly and roughly with (paint, clay, plaster etc)

coat; make dirty

deface

to spoil the appearance of (something) by marking or damaging the surface

mar, mutilate

defile

to make (a region, water; a person's thoughts etc) dirty or impure

corrupt, violate

discolour

(to cause something) to change cover

fading, dirtying of hue

mar

to spoil (beauty, a feeling etc); March

hurt, damage

mars

(in Roman myth) the god of war; the planet fourth in order of the sun

hurt, damage

pollute

to make (air, rivers etc) dirty, impure

make dirty; corrupt

smear

to mark (something) with something oily or sticky; spread (something oily etc) on (something); a deliberate (often untrue) remark made against a person, product, business etc

rub on, spread over

tarnish

dullness (on metal) because the brightness has gone; to lessen the quality of (a person's reputation)

dirty, corrupt

SULLY as in Wiktionary
SULLY as in Wikipedia