Tarnished

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

Sami tarnished Layla's reputation.

He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and, undoing the tape, he handed me a short note scrawled upon a half-sheet of slate-grey paper.

Those photos—which experts say could have been created as early as 1850—were tarnished so badly they were unrecognizable.

Her reputation was tarnished by gossip.

Mary's reputation was tarnished by gossip.

Mary's reputation was tarnished by malicious gossip.

A person's reputation can be greatly burnished or tarnished depending on how the media chooses to cover them.

They tarnished the village's reputation.

The occasion was tarnished by a lukewarm show of support from member states.