The Clue
Stained (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SULLIED
Tags
Notes
The answer SULLIED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
SULLY as a verb:
1. (defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud) = place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
2. (tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile) = 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"
3. (defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch) = charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
SULLIED as an adjective:
1. (besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished) = especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"