(a) stain on someone's character
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(a) stain on someone's reputation — a stain on someone’s character/reputation etc/ phrase something bad that someone has done that spoils their reputation Thesaurus: damage to someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: stain … Useful english dictionary
stain */ — I UK [steɪn] / US verb Word forms stain : present tense I/you/we/they stain he/she/it stains present participle staining past tense stained past participle stained 1) [intransitive/transitive] to leave a mark on something accidentally Sweat had… … English dictionary
stain — stain1 [ steın ] noun * 1. ) count a mark left accidentally on clothes or surfaces: There was a dark stain on the carpet. coffee/blood/oil stains 2. ) count or uncount a liquid used for coloring wood 3. ) count or uncount SCIENCE a liquid used… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stain — [stān] vt. [ME stainen, aphetic < disteinen,DISTAIN: sense and form infl. by ON steinn, color, lit., STONE (hence, mineral pigment)] 1. to spoil the appearance of by patches or streaks of color or dirt; discolor; spot 2. to bring shame upon… … English World dictionary
stain — stain1 [steın] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Partly from Old French desteindre to discolor , from teindre to give something a different color , from Latin tingere ( TINGE2); partly from Old Norse steina to paint ] 1.) [I and T] to accidentally make … Dictionary of contemporary English
stain — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to accidentally make a mark on something, especially one that cannot be removed, or to be marked in this way (+ with): teeth stained with nicotine from years of smoking | Pale carpets stain too easily. 2 (T) to change the colour… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Breanna Barnes (One on One character) — Infobox character colour = pink name = Breanna Latrice Barnes caption = Kyla Pratt as Breanna Barnes first = When Flex Got Breanna last = I Love LA, Part 2 cause = Series was canceled nickname = Bree, Bree Bree alias = gender = Female age =… … Wikipedia
The Adventure of the Second Stain — The Adventure of the Second Stain, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes .ynopsisLord Bellinger, the Prime… … Wikipedia
libel — 1. noun she sued two newspapers for libel Syn: defamation, defamation of character, character assassination, calumny, misrepresentation, scandalmongering; aspersions, denigration, vilification, disparagement, derogation, insult, slander,… … Thesaurus of popular words
by — by1 W1S1 [baı] prep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(who/what does something)¦ 2¦(means/method)¦ 3¦(road/door)¦ 4¦(taking hold)¦ 5¦(writer/composer etc)¦ 6¦(beside)¦ 7¦(past)¦ 8¦(before)¦ 9¦(according to)¦ 10¦(change/difference)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
