especially of reputation; " the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; " a flyblown reputation"; " a tarnished reputation"; " inherited a spotted name"

touched by rot or decay; " tainted bacon"; "` corrupt' is archaic"

of Taint

Look at the mixed blood of the Whigs, at their tainted ancestors. – Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters

I trust this may be the last time that I have to assemble you together to drive from amongst us those who are tainted by the curse of heresy. – The Secret Chamber at Chad by Evelyn Everett-Green

The man or woman who sees the beauty of inner purity cannot ever be very deeply tainted by corruption either of body or of soul. – Joyous Gard by Arthur Christopher Benson

If they are guilty of doing things tainted or marked with fraud, they are liable. – Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

It was worse than absolute, for it was tainted with bad faith. – John Redmond's Last Years by Stephen Gwynn