To take away the color of; hence, to weaken the effect of by comparison; cause to pale; outvie.

To tinge with any color different from the natural or proper one; discolor; stain: as, a sword distained with blood.

To blot; sully; defile; tarnish.

transitive verb. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.

verb. To stain, discolour or tarnish

"My distain is not for facts, it is with your distain of progressives."

distained  distaining  

bemusement  blepharospasm  chorea  crossness  cystitis  

defile  discolor  stain  sully  tarnish