maculate

Speech parts

1. maculate - Adjective

2. maculate - Verb

4. maculate - Adjective Satellite

To spot; to stain; to blur.

Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

sully foul stain defile tarnish defiled befoul pepper impure spatter soil spot corrupt spotted dirty

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improve pure honor dust clean clarify

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fleck spot shame disgrace blot dishonor

darken

The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it Source: Internet

The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air Source: Internet

Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man Source: Internet