DISTAIN

Definition: DISTAIN

DISTAIN

Transitive verb

1. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "DISTAIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Note: Distain \Dis*tain"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Distained; present participle verb or noun Distaining.]. (Websters 1913)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Uncleanness	Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: DISTAIN

English words defined with "DISTAIN": Distained, Distaining. (references)

Non-English Usage: "DISTAIN" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Welsh (steward).

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Language		Translations for "DISTAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Manx		faghid (contempt, derision, insult, mockery, ridicule, scorn, sneer). (various references)

Pig Latin		istainday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	despectio, despectionem, despectionis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "DISTAIN": distained, distaining, distains. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"DISTAIN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: destain, desteni, dicyanin, Dikstein, diktaean, diktaian, disain, disait, distaint, Distin, distri, Distugil, ditan, dystonia, dystopian, ediswan, tustain. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: isatin.
	-2 letters: adits, antis, dints, ditas, intis, nitid, saint, satin, staid, stain, stand, tains, tsadi.
	-3 letters: adit, aids, ains, aits, ands, anis, anti, ants, dais, dins, dint, dita, dits, inia, inti, nidi, nisi, nits, sadi, said, sain, sand, sati, snit, tads, tain, tans, tins.
	-4 letters: ads, aid, ain, ais, ait, and, ani, ant, din.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: adenitis, antiskid, dainties, distains, distrain.
	+2 letters: actinides, actinoids, additions, andesitic, auditions, daintiest, dilations, disentail, disrating, distained, distrains, distraint, dittanies, ideations, indicants, indicates, iodations, iodinates, misdating, sanitised, sanitized, saturniid, tachinids, tailwinds.
	+3 letters: addictions, adenitises, administer, antibodies, banditries, daintiness, destaining, deviations, diagnostic, dictations, dieticians, dietitians, digitalins, disappoint, discanting, disentails, dismasting, disparting, disseating, distaining, distancing, distasting, distrained, distrainer, distrainor, distraints, dynamistic, indicators, industrial, insinuated, instigated, irridentas, mediastina, mediations, mispainted, mistrained, nautiloids, nodalities, oxidations, quotidians, radiations, sanctified, saturniids, staminodia, tillandsia, traditions, vindicates.
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