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 Definitions of sully  [ˈsʌl i; for]  

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Definition of 'sully' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) sully
to soil, stain, or tarnish.

2.  sully
to mar the purity or luster of; defile:
to sully a reputation.

3. (v.i.) sully
to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished.

4. (n.) sully
Obs. a stain; soil.

5. (n.) Sully
Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman.

6.  Sully
Thomas, 1783–1872, U.S. painter, born in England.


Definition of 'sully' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Sully, Thomas Sully
United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

2. (verb) Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
French statesman (1560-1641)

3. (verb) defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"

4. (verb) tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

5. (verb) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"


Definition of 'sully' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) sully
soil; tarnish; stain

2. (verb) sully
to soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation

3. (verb) sully
to become soiled or tarnished



'sully' - Nearby Entries  

sullenness  sullied  sullivan  sully  sulpha  sulphanilic acid  sulphate  



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