maculate English

Meaning maculate meaning

What does maculate mean?

maculate

— adjective spotted or blotched

— adjective (= defiled) morally blemished; stained or impure

— verb (= tarnish, sully) 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

— verb (= defile) spot, stain, or pollute The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it

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defile

stain

spot

foul

befoul

tarnish

sully

soil

defiled

taint

stained

smutch

smudgy

pollute

muddy up

muddy

muck

mire

grime

draggle

blemished

besmirch

bedraggle

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