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Search phrase: stained

Plays

 46 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC V.i.25I robbed his wound of it. Behold it stainedI robb'd his wound of it: behold it stain'd
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.98.1This handkercher was stained.This handkercher was stain'd.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.145And tear the stained skin off my harlot brow,And teare the stain'd skin of my Harlot brow, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.155I live unstained, thou undishonoured.I liue distain'd, thou vndishonoured. 
HamletHam IV.iv.57That have a father killed, a mother stained,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.i.64Stained with the variation of each soilStrain'd with the variation of each soyle,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.iii.106Bloodstained with these valiant combatants.Blood-stained with these Valiant Combatants.
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iv.12Where stained nobility lies trodden on,Where stain'd Nobility lyes troden on,
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.ii.114Th' unstained sword that you have used to bear,Th' vnstained Sword that you haue vs'd to beare:
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.v.24But to stand stained with travel, and sweatingBut to stand stained with Trauaile, and sweating
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.ii.78Pricked on by public wrongs sustained in France,Prickt on by publike Wrongs sustain'd in France,
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iii.57And wash away thy country's stained spots.And wash away thy Countries stayned Spots.
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.44Stained with the guiltless blood of innocents,Stain'd with the guiltlesse blood of Innocents,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.ii.65Till I be crowned, and that my sword be stainedtill I be Crown'd, / And that my Sword be stayn'd
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.16My tear-stained eyes to see her miseries.My teare-stayn'd eyes, to see her Miseries.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.259Before his chaps be stained with crimson blood,Before his Chaps be stayn'd with Crimson blood,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.79Look, York, I stained this napkin with the bloodLooke Yorke, I stayn'd this Napkin with the blood
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.153Would not have touched, would not have stained with blood;would not haue toucht, / Would not haue stayn'd with blood:
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.iii.21That stained their fetlocks in his smoking blood,That stain'd their Fetlockes in his smoaking blood,
King JohnKJ II.i.16But with a heart full of unstained love.But with a heart full of vnstained loue,
King JohnKJ II.i.357Cry havoc, Kings! Back to the stained field,Cry hauocke kings, backe to the stained field
King JohnKJ III.i.236Heaven knows, they were besmeared and overstainedHeauen knowes they were besmear'd and ouer-staind
King JohnKJ IV.ii.6The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt;The faiths of men, nere stained with reuolt:
King JohnKJ IV.iii.24We will not line his thin bestained cloakWe will not lyne his thin-bestained cloake
King LearKL I.i.134By you to be sustained, shall our abodeBy you to be sustain'd, shall our abode
MacbethMac II.ii.13Enter Macbeth, carrying two bloodstained daggersEnter Macbeth.
Measure for MeasureMM II.iv.55.1As she that he hath stained?As she that he hath staind?
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.iii.136Forget the shames that you have stained me with,Forget the shames that you haue staind me with,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.275What, stained with blood!what staind with blood!
OthelloOth V.i.36Thy bed, lust-stained, shall with lust's blood be spotted.Thy Bed lust-stain'd, shall with Lusts blood bee spotted.
Richard IIR2 III.i.14And stained the beauty of a fair queen's cheeksAnd stayn'd the beautie of a faire Queenes Cheekes,
Richard IIR2 V.v.110Hath with the King's blood stained the King's own land.Hath with the Kings blood, stain'd the Kings own land.
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.82Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel, – Prophaners of this Neighbor-stained Steele,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.i.111In my behalf – my reputation stainedIn my behalfe, my reputation stain'd
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.95Now I have stained the childhood of our joyNow I haue stain'd the Childhood of our ioy,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.i.88To live an unstained wife to my sweet love.To liue an vnstained wife to my sweet Loue.
The TempestTem I.ii.415Was in the wrack; and, but he's something stainedWas in the wracke: and but hee's something stain'd
The TempestTem II.i.67stained with salt water.stain'd with salte water.
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.210From this unhallowed and blood-stained hole?From this vnhallow'd and blood-stained Hole?
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.125How they are stained like meadows yet not dryHow they are stain'd in meadowes, yet not dry
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.169Here stands the spring whom you have stained with mud,Here stands the spring whom you haue stain'd with mud,
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.38Because she was enforced, stained, and deflowered?Because she was enfor'st, stain'd, and deflowr'd?
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.153These sorrowful drops upon thy bloodstained face,These sorrowfull drops vpon thy bloud-slaine face,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.ii.182Let all untruths stand by thy stained name,Let all vntruths stand by thy stained name,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.25.1Enter three Queens in black, with veils stained, with Enter 3. Queenes in Blacke, with vailes staind, with
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.149Do plainly give you out an unstained shepherd,Do plainly giue you out an vnstain'd Shepherd

Poems

 13 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.87 For unstained thoughts do seldom dream on evil; "For vnstaind thoughts do seldom dream on euill.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.366 And gazeth on her yet unstained bed. And gazeth on her yet vnstained bed:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1059 The stained taste of violated troth; The stained tast of violated troth:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1181 My stained blood to Tarquin I'll bequeath, My stained bloud to TARQVIN ile bequeath,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1316 Ere she with blood had stained her stained excuse. Ere she with bloud had stain'd her stain'd excuse.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1435 Like bright things stained, a kind of heavy fear. (Like bright things staind) a kind of heauie feare.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1586 And round about her tear-distained eye And round about her teare-distained eye
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1655 Though my gross blood be stained with this abuse, Though my grosse bloud be staind with this abuse,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1743 And some looked black, and that false Tarquin stained. And som look'd black, & that false TARQVIN stain'd.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1836 And by this chaste blood so unjustly stained, And by this chast bloud so vniustlie stained,
SonnetsSonn.70.8 And thou present'st a pure unstained prime. And thou present'st a pure vnstayined prime.
SonnetsSonn.109.11 That it could so preposterously be stained, That it could so preposterouslie be stain'd,
Venus and AdonisVen.664 An image like thyself, all stained with gore; An image like thy selfe, all staynd with goare,

Glossary

 24 result(s).
bestainedstained all over, marked with stains
bleedingbloody, blood-soaked, bloodstained
blubberedtear-stained, disfigured with weeping [no comic overtones]
integerthe one upright of life and unstained by crime does not need the javelins or the bow of the Moor
maculateimpure, spotted, stained
maidenunblemished, unstained, not put to use
precisescrupulously pure, strictly observed, unstained
purpledreddened with blood, bloodstained
Pyramus lover of Thisbe; kept apart by their parents, they talked through a crack in their dividing wall; arriving at a rendezvous, Pyramus found Thisbe’s cloak stained with blood from a lion’s prey; thinking she had been killed by a lion
reekingsmeared with blood, freshly bloodstained
reservedwell-guarded, preserved, sustained
smirchedmarked, soiled, stained
spottedstained, blemished
stainobject stained with blood [as of a martyr]
staineddyed black
stainedbloodstained, discoloured with dirt
stainedfull of disgrace, dishonouring
sufferedundergone, sustained, endured
tear-distainedtear-stained
travel-taintedtravel-stained
unsecondedunsupported, unsustained
unsmirchedunstained, untainted, spotless
unspottedunblemished, unstained, pure
unstainedunmitigated, unaffected, no longer stained with hatred

Thesaurus

 22 result(s).
blood, object stained withstain
bloodstainedbleeding
bloodstainedpurpled
bloodstainedstained
bloodstained, freshlyreeking
freshly bloodstainedreeking
stainedmaculate
stainedsmirched
stainedspotted
stained all overbestained
stained with blood, objectstain
stained, no longerunstained
sustainedreserved
sustainedsuffered
tear-stainedblubbered
tear-stainedtear-distained
travel-stainedtravel-tainted
unstainedmaiden
unstainedprecise
unstainedunsmirched
unstainedunspotted
unsustainedunseconded

Themes and Topics

 2 result(s).
Classical mythology...ous pyramus found thisbe&rsquo s cloak stained with blood from a lion&rsquo s prey th...
Latin...v ii 20) the one upright of life and unstained by crime does not need the javelins or ...

Words Families

 14 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BESTAINEDBASICsee STAIN
BLOODSTATEbloodstained adj
DISTAINSTATEtear-distained adj
LUSTSTATElust-stained adj
NEIGHBOURSTATEneighbour-stained adj
STAINBASICstained adj
STAINSTATEbestained adj
STAINTYPEbloodstained adj, lust-stained adj, neighbour-stained adj, tear-stained adj
TEAR [eye]APPEARANCEtear-distained adj, tear-stained adj
UNSTAINEDBASICsee STAIN

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