taint

About 0.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
2. noun A tinge, trace or touch.
3. noun A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
4. noun Tincture; hue; colour.
5. noun Infection; corruption; deprivation.
6. noun A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
7. verb To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
8. verb To spoil (food) by contamination.

Similar words

defile sully contamination corrupt cloud infect contaminate rot blemish smudge

Often followed by

of the in and or is which that from

Word family

tainted tainting taintless taints