1. Contaminate with a disease or microorganism
   "The contaminated water tainted many villagers with cholera";
   - infect
    
2. (of someone's image or good reputation) damage, place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   "the scandal taintd his good reputation";
   - defile, sully, cloud, stain, tarnish, soil

1. The state of being contaminated
   "The food was discarded due to possible taint from the chemical spill";
   - contamination

Derived forms: tainted, tainting, taints

Type of: contaminate, deflower, foul, impair, impureness, impurity, mar, pollute, spoil, vitiate

Encyclopedia: Taint