stained

Speech parts

1. stained - Adjective

2. stained - Verb

4. stained - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Stain

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

varnished black color sooty speckled mung mucky spatter painted colored spotted contaminated foul dirty polluted

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Antonyms

unstained virgin immaculate white spruce bactericidal

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Phrases with the word

stained-glass window glass stained for decorative applications blood-stained urine blood-stained cockatoo stained windows colored stained glass

Anagrams

instead sainted destain Sidetan nastied

Examples

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task. Pierre Loti

And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear. William Blake

I believe in this tragic hour you can make the right choice. The honor and glory of Russian men of arms shall not be stained with the blood of the people. Boris Yeltsin

Lying on stained wretched sheets with the bleeding virgin, we could plan a murder...or start a religion. Jim Morrison

If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent. Ramakrishna

He who stays near vermilion gets stained red; he who stays near ink gets stained black. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Staincliffe Staincross staine stained glass stained windows stained-glass window