maculate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - verb

1. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air;
also used metaphorically
- The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
- Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
• Syn:
tarnish, stain, sully, defile
• Derivationally related forms:
macula, maculation, stain (for: stain), tarnish (for: tarnish)
• Hypernyms:
spot, fleck, blob, blot
• Hyponyms:
darken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. spot, stain, or pollute
- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
• Syn:
foul, befoul, defile
• Derivationally related forms:
macula, maculation, defilement (for: defile), defiler (for: defile), befoulment (for: befoul)
• Hypernyms:
dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

II - adjective

1. morally blemished;
stained or impure
• Syn:
defiled
• Similar to:
impure
2. spotted or blotched
• Similar to:
dirty, soiled, unclean

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  defiled, foul, befoul, defile, tarnish, stain, sully