Word: tarnished
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: tar
nished
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of tarnish; make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
Morphemes:
Affix: tarnish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ternir
Language: fro
Decoded: ternir
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to tarnish (metal), fade (material)
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.