All 3 Uses
taint
in
Glass, by Ellen Hopkins
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- I inhale his masculine scent: Brut, tainted slightly by a tinge of ice.†
*tainted = spoiled or contaminated
- But hey, I'll be tainted soon too.†
- I go into the bathroom, open the window, so the smoke won't taint the living room air.†
taint = to spoil something so it is not desirable
Definitions:
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(1)
(taint) to spoil something so it is not desirable -- as when bacteria contaminates a food; or as when a rumor makes people distrust a person
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, taint is used in a non-negative way to refer to a trace of something.