blot+on+one's+escutcheon
21spot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. place, locality, site; blotch, dapple, speckle, macula; smear, spatter, daub, blot; blemish, flaw, stain, stigma. See location, disrepute. on the spot II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. prompt, ready,… …
22taint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. corrupt, spoil, poison; tarnish, stain, sully; pollute, infect, contaminate. n. corruption; spoilage; stigma, dishonor, defile ment; fault, flaw, blemish; contamination. See disease, disrepute,… …
23tarnish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. smirch, taint; dishonor; stain, sully, besmirch; defame; dull, smudge, dim, spot, blemish; discolor. See disrepute, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stain] Syn. soil, smudge, smear; see dirty .… …
24blemish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flaw, defect, imperfection; spot, taint, mark; smear, smudge. v. disfigure, mar; bruise, rot; stain, spot; injure, hurt; sully, disgrace, tarnish. See uncleanness, ugliness, deterioration, disrepute.… …
25cloud — n 1. haze, vapor, mist, steam, fog, Inf. pea soup; nebula, nebulosity, smoke, smog, soot, dust, puff; smoke screen, dust storm. 2. pall, shroud, mantle, cloak, veil, screen, shade, shadow, cover. 3. blur, smudge, smear, smutch, smirch; blotch,… …
26onus — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. burden, charge. See duty, compulsion, hindrance. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. burden, responsibility, load, weight, duty, task, obligation. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A duty or… …
27black eye — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. bad name, bad reputation, dishonor, brand, smear, stigma. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A bruise surrounding the eye: Informal: mouse. Slang: shiner. See HEALTH, HELP. 2. A mark of discredit or disgrace:… …
28attaint — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Archaic. A mark of discredit or disgrace: black eye, blemish, blot, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. Idiom: a blot on one s escutcheon. See MARKS, RESPECT …
29stink — v 1. reek, smell, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out. 2. be in disrepute, be in disgrace, have a bad name, have one s name be mud, have a blot on one s escutcheon or record, lose caste or face. n 3.… …
30scandal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disgrace, infamy, shame, humiliation, stigma; defamation, slander, backbiting, calumny; gossip. See disrepute, detraction, information, news. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shame, disgrace, embarrassment,… …
