tainted

Questions about tainted

What does tainted mean?

tainted means "touched by rot or decay".

How many syllables are in tainted?

tainted has 2 syllables: tain-ted. The stress falls on "tain". In IPA it is /ˈteɪntɪd/.

What is another word for tainted?

Close synonyms include corrupt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tainted a common word?

tainted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tainted?

1 word rhymes with tainted. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.