tarnish

Fine's tarnished rep in the Sunshine State comes back to the way he has carried himself in office.

“He’s tarnishing her character in front of the jury. Back then, there was not much grace given to homosexual relationships of any kind.”

For a while, the scene tarnished her credibility.

The weeks leading up to Sunday’s show saw Hollywood’s Biggest Night shaping up to be Hollywood’s Biggest Mess, after a string of controversies big and small tarnished some of the ceremony’s glitzy sheen.

Harper, who won women's 3m synchronised springboard bronze with partner Scarlett Mew Jensen, said later in the Games she had noticed "small bits of tarnishing".