Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stain
Participle: stained
Gerund: staining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stain |
| you | stain |
| he;she;it | stains |
| we | stain |
| you | stain |
| they | stain |
Perfect
| I | have stained |
| you | have stained |
| he;she;it | has stained |
| we | have stained |
| you | have stained |
| they | have stained |
Past
| I | stained |
| you | stained |
| he;she;it | stained |
| we | stained |
| you | stained |
| they | stained |
Pluperfect
| I | had stained |
| you | had stained |
| he;she;it | had stained |
| we | had stained |
| you | had stained |
| they | had stained |
Future
| I | will stain |
| you | will stain |
| he;she;it | will stain |
| we | will stain |
| you | will stain |
| they | will stain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stained |
| you | will have stained |
| he;she;it | will have stained |
| we | will have stained |
| you | will have stained |
| they | will have stained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stain |
| you | stain |
| he;she;it | stain |
| we | stain |
| you | stain |
| they | stain |
Perfect
| I | have stained |
| you | have stained |
| he;she;it | have stained |
| we | have stained |
| you | have stained |
| they | have stained |
Imperfect
| I | stained |
| you | stained |
| he;she;it | stained |
| we | stained |
| you | stained |
| they | stained |
Pluperfect
| I | had stained |
| you | had stained |
| he;she;it | had stained |
| we | had stained |
| you | had stained |
| they | had stained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stain |
| you | would stain |
| he;she;it | would stain |
| we | would stain |
| you | would stain |
| they | would stain |
Perfect
| I | would have stained |
| you | would have stained |
| he;she;it | would have stained |
| we | would have stained |
| you | would have stained |
| they | would have stained |
Imperative
| you | stain |
| we | Let's stain |
| you | stain |
Verbs conjugated like 'stain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stain'
sain,
stan,
strain,
abstain,
amain,
assain,
attain,
bestain,
brain,
chain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- bugger up, dirty, disrupt, disturb, fuck up, jack up, mar, mess up, pollute, put a crimp in, queer, ruin, screw up, sour, spoil, turn upside down, upset, upset the applecart
- to make or render worse
- adulterate, aggravate, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, impair, infect, pejorate, set back, vitiate, weaken
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral blue, colour, stain”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone.
2. Replaced native Middle English wem (“spot, blemish, stain”), from Old English wamm (“spot, stain”).
3. In some senses, influenced by unrelated Middle English disteynen (“to discolor, remove the colour from"; literally, "de-colour”), from Anglo-Norman desteindre (“to remove the colour from, bleach”), from Old French destaindre (“to remove the color from, bleach”), from des- (“dis-, de-, un-”) + teindre (“to dye”), from Latin tingo.
Sample Sentences
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“ It's handy for most anything, Missis, ” said Dinah. So it appeared to be. From the variety it contained, Miss Ophelia pulled out first a fine damask table-cloth stained with blood, having evidently been used to envelop some raw meat.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)