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distained

distained is the simple past and past participle of distain.

Meaning of distain

Verb

distain (third-person singular simple present distains, present participle distaining, simple past and past participle distained)

  1. (rare) To stain, discolour or tarnish
    • Thence riſe the tears that ſo diſtaine my cheeks,
      Fearing his loue through my vnworthyneſſe.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Adjective

distained (comparative more distained, superlative most distained)

  1. (rare) Stained, discoloured, tarnished.
    • The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Story of the Door”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 4

Forms of distained

comparativemore distained
superlativemost distained

Questions about distained

What does distained mean?
Distained means stained, discoloured, tarnished.
What is distained the simple past and past participle of?
Distained is the simple past and past participle of distain.
What part of speech is distained?
Distained is an adjective.

Words near distained in the dictionary

  1. distaffer
  2. distaffers
  3. distaffes
  4. distaffs
  5. distain
  6. distained
  7. distaining
  8. distains
  9. distal
  10. distal convoluted tubule
  11. distal convoluted tubules

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