Tarnished
['ta:niʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tarnish
Checker: McDonald
Examples
- Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I thought you a broken toy that had lasted its time; a worthless spangle that was tarnished, and thrown away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- So plainly it shonethat it revealed the deep alcove with a portion of the tarnished scarlet curtain drawn over it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am not yet fallen so low; my honour is not yet so tarnished. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Are you then a fit mate for an uneducated shepherd-boy, whose only inheritance is his father's tarnished name? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Checker: McDonald