adjective. corrupted or filled with imperfections.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of taint.

adjective. touched by rot or decay

"As part of Erdogan's media blitz, he was interviewed on Egypt's most popular political talk show, "10 o'clock," where he defended the concept of secularism - a term tainted as "anti-Islamic" in the eyes of many Egyptians."

sweet  

stale  

acquainted  fainted  painted  sainted  unpainted  

abandoned  bad  bad for  bedraggled  befouled  

taint