different between begrimed vs tarnished

English

Verb

begrimed

1. simple past tense and past participle of begrime

Adjective

begrimed (not comparable)

1. Dirty, soiled, grimy.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 18,^[1]

     I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress […] , the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him.

   • 1989, Hillel Halkin (translator), Five Seasons by A. B. Yehoshua, Doubleday, Part 4, Chapter 25, p. 277,^[2]

     […] he was surprised to find some half-eaten stringbeans and a crushed pack of cigarettes in the garbage pail. Though he was tempted to salvage the half-empty pack, it was already much too begrimed.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??n??t/

Verb

tarnished

1. simple past tense and past participle of tarnish

Adjective

tarnished (comparative more tarnished, superlative most tarnished)

1. Discolored or blemished.
2. (figuratively, by extension, of one's reputation, name or word) Sullied or dishonored.

Anagrams

• interdash, train shed, trainshed