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stained

stained

1 2.6
Marked or colored by something that is hard to remove
  • adjective
  • /steɪnd/
translation icon : manchado
  • Stained glass windows portrayed frontier trades: Indians bartering skins of sea otter, Chinese working lime, and, in this town, master builders erecting Victorian mansions.
  • stained glass window
  • stained glass

Is everything going to be stained a little pink?

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Examples

  • You can tell because their lips are stained with the purple.

  • She noticed that the tablecloth had become stained after the family dinner.

  • Is everything going to be stained a little pink?

  • That means that it will stay stained on your lip and be long wearing.

  • So that is your lips kind of stained with the colour.

  • That's the stained look that we're going for, the coffee stained.

  • There was one person running the shop, and it was stained and rusted.

  • I fake tan last night and my fake tan has like stained my spots, which is good.

  • Stained dresses, or shirts that didn't fit.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Stained clothes removed, our bodies resurface without ceremony, lay themselves back down on beds as if sadness had weight.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

dyed
vsstained
18 2.1

Cloth or hair that someone colored on purpose

is a general mark or discoloration often caused by substances and hard to remove
mottled
vsstained
7 6.3

Covered with spots or patches of different colors

is the simple notion of being marked or discolored by substances
variegated
vsstained
5 7.2

Having patches or streaks of different colors

is a more general term for any substance caused mark or discoloration
tear-stained
vsstained
2 3.7

Wet and marked from crying, often on cheeks or a pillow

is a wider concept covering many substance marks, not only tear caused
soiled
vsstained
1 2.5

Not clean because it has mud or grease on it

can mean any stain from a substance, not only general dirtiness
discolored
vsstained
  • US
1 3.5

A thing that has lost its color, often with stains

focuses on any substance mark rather than just gradual color change
travel-stained
vsstained
1 6.4

Dirty or marked from traveling

is the general idea of being marked by substances, not only travel caused
ochred
vsstained
  • UK
7.8

Having a yellow-brown color like dry earth used as paint

is the broader idea of being marked or discolored by any substance
maculate
vsstained
9.9

Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth

refers more widely to any type of substance marking or discoloration
blotched
vsstained
6.7

Marked with irregular spots of a different color

covers all such markings but also includes uniform or overall discoloration
streaked
vsstained
2.7

Having long thin lines or marks on a surface

includes linear marks but also other non linear types of discoloration
spattered
vsstained
4.5

Marked with small drops of liquid like paint or mud

is broader, applying to many mark shapes and not only splashed spots

Antonyms

1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

3.2

Clean and without marks or dirt

Compounds

21 4.4

Colored pieces joined to make pretty windows that show pictures

A window made of small colored glass pieces that makes colored light, often in churches

Dirty or marked from traveling

How Stained

stained
1 2.6
unstained
3.2

Surface Forms

stained positive
stainer comparative
stainest superlative

Morphology

stained = stain (transparent) = stain + ed

A straightforward past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'stain' meaning 'marked or discoloured'.

Etymology

The word stained comes from the old word stain, which meant a 'mark' or 'spot', like a drop of wine on a shirt. So when something is stained, it has a visible mark or colour that is hard to remove.