Synonyms

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maculate, streak, smudge, smirch, besmirch, begrime; ink, speck, fleck, speckle, mark; daub, bedaub, dab, spatter, bespatter, draggle, drabble, splash, plash; blot, blotch, splotch.
3. blacken, slur, defame, dishonor, disgrace, shame; mar, injure, damage, spoil, hurt; brand, stigmatize, taint, drag through the mud, SI. dump on; denigrate, vilify, abase, debase, degrade; calumniate, asperse, libel, slander, scandalize, impute; vitiate, pollute, corrupt, contaminate, foul.
-n. 4. discoloration, decoloration, oxidation; pat-ination, corrosion, erosion, fading, blur, etiolation.
5. stain, blemish, blot, patch, taint, attaint; smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, smear, splash, streak, spatter; splotch, blotch, daub, dot, spot, maculation, macula; fleck, speck, speckle, dab; flaw, disfigurement, defacement, mar.
6. stigma, brand, taint; disgrace, shame, dishonor, reproach; blot on the escutcheon, Inf. black eye, black mark, mark, badge of infamy; defilement, ignominy, odium, obloquy, turpitude; derogation, disparagement, infamy, ingloriousness; discredit, disesteem, disrepute, ill repute, bad name.

tarry, v. 1. remain, stay, sojourn, abide; continue, stop, rest; dwell, reside, live, bide, house, take up quarters, pitch tent, settle, anchor, put down stakes, plant oneself, be established.
2. delay, linger, loiter, dawdle, lag, dally, be tardy, hang back, stay behind; Inf stall, temporize, retard, procrastinate; postpone, suspend, prorogue, table, shelve; protract, prolong, take one's time, bide one's time.
3. wait, pause, cool one's heels, Obs. attend; await, expect, watch for, look for.

tart¹, adj. 1. sharp, sour, acid, acerb, acerbic; acidulous, acescent, acetous, vinegary; acrid, bitter, pungent, harsh, piquant, unripe.
2. caustic, cutting, mordant, biting, acrimonious; trenchant, incisive, piercing, pricking, scathing, burning, nipping, stinging; pointed, sharp, sharp-tongued, edged, barbed, double-edged; keen, stringent, astringent, severe; sarcastic, satiric, sardonic, ironic, cynical, derisive; abusive, corrosive, unkind, cruel; mocking, taunting, teasing, contumelious; spiteful, venomous, malicious, malignant, vicious.
3. peevish, testy, irascible, crabbed, petulant; snappish, waspish, cross-tempered, ill-tempered; surly, curt, grouchy, churlish, brusque; splenetic, morose, sullen, perverse. tan², n. 1. pie, pastry, turnover, puff, Danish pastry, French pastry, patisserie; quiche, strudel, baklava, blintz, dclair.
2. hussy, drab, jade, slut, strumpet, SI. chippy, trollop, doxy, wanton; bitch, witch, quean, demirep, demimondaine; harlot, whore, prostitute, hustler, streetwalker, courtesan; lady of the night, woman of easy viture, woman of ill repute.

tartness, n. 1. sharpness, sourness, acidity, acridness, acerbity; pungency, piquancy, bitterness, acidulousness, harshness.
2. acrimony, causticity, asperity, mordancy, astrin-gency, trenchancy; severity, harshness, austerity, sternness; spite, spitefulness, virulence, malice, abusiveness, corrosiveness, unkindness, cruelty; malevolence, malignity, scorn; sarcasm, cynicism, irony, satire; derision, mockery, contumely.
3. snappishness, testiness, waspishness, curtness, ill humor, ill temper; petulance, crustiness, dourness, spleen, moroseness; captiousness, churlishness, brusqueness; moodiness, surliness, gruffness, grouchiness, sullenness.