Answer: taint

AnswerCrossword Clue
taintbecome affected with putrefaction spoil
TAINTSlangy denial
TAINTOld-fashioned contraction
TAINTGive a bad name to
taintto stain or blemish
tainttrace of something bad
tainttouch or affect slightly with something bad persons tainted with prejudice
taintaffect with putrefaction spoil
taintbecome weak
taintto affect with something bad; contaminate
TAINT"... funny, McGee!"
taintto contaminate morally corrupt scholarship tainted by envy
TAINTApt letters missing from con. .m. .a.e
TAINTPut a stain on
TAINTContaminate, as water
TAINTOpposite of "'tis"
TAINT'Tis counter
TAINTSpot
TAINTBefoul
TAINTDirty
TAINT"... funny, McGee"
TAINTInfect.
TAINTOne way to say "It isn't."
TAINTBlot.
TAINTSmirch.
TAINTOpposite of 'tis
TAINTVitiate
TAINT"... so!" (not true)
TAINTMake noxious
TAINT'Tisn't's vulgar cousin
TAINTOpposite of purify
TAINTSmirch
TAINTInfect
TAINTInfect or spoil
TAINT"But never ... my love": Shak.
TAINTHint of scandal
TAINTSlangy contraction
TAINT"... so!"
TAINTDiscredit
TAINTSlight contamination