What does SULLY mean?
Definitions for SULLY
ˈsʌl i; for 1 also Fr. süˈlisul·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SULLY.
Princeton's WordNet
Sully, Thomas Sullynoun
United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethuneverb
French statesman (1560-1641)
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defileverb
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"
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb
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"
Wiktionary
sullyverb
to soil or stain; to dirty
He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
sullyverb
to damage or corrupt
He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
Etymology: From sulien (also sulwen), from sylian, from suliwōnan, from sūl-. Cognate with sulian, soluwen, sühlen, søle, söla. Perhaps conflated partially with souillier, from the same source. Related also to solian. More at soil.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sullynoun
Soil; tarnish; spot.
Etymology: from the verb.
You laying these light sullies on my son,
As ’twere a thing a little soil’d i’ th’ working. William Shakespeare.A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
To Sullyverb
To soil; to tarnish; to dirt; to spot.
Etymology: souiller, French.
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Francis Bacon.
The falling temples which the gods provoke,
And statues sully’d yet with sacrilegious smoke. Wentworth Dillon.He’s dead, whose love had sully’d all your reign,
And made you empress of the world in vain. Dryden.Lab’ring years shall weep their destin’d race,
Charg’d with ill omens, sully’d with disgrace. Matthew Prior.Let there be no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
Ye walkers too, that youthful colours wear,
Three sullying trades avoid with equal care;
The little chimney-sweeper skulks along,
And marks with sooty stains the heedless throng. John Gay.
ChatGPT
sully
To sully means to tarnish, damage, or ruin the purity, integrity, or reputation of something or someone. It can be used in both a literal or metaphorical context. It implies causing harm or defilement that diminishes the value, honor, or respectability of the object, person, or idea in question.
Webster Dictionary
Sullyverb
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
Sullyverb
to become soiled or tarnished
Sullynoun
soil; tarnish; stain
Etymology: [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, shlen to wallow, Sw. sla to bemire, Dan. sle, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.]
Wikidata
Sully
Sully is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 821 at the 2010 census. The town is named after railroad man Alfred Sully.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sully
sul′i, v.t. to soil: to spot: to tarnish.—v.i. to be soiled:—pa.t. and pa.p. sull′ied.—n. spot: tarnish. [A.S. sylian, to defile—sol, mud.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SULLY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sully is ranked #30767 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sully surname appeared 757 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sully.
54.5% or 413 total occurrences were White.
25.3% or 192 total occurrences were Black.
10.1% or 77 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
5.4% or 41 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.5% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.9% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SULLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SULLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of SULLY in a Sentence
I do n’t anticipate anything other than me being in Pittsburgh and being prepared, that’s my message to the staff. Obviously, I ’ll spend some more time with Sully here and see what’s needed or not.
It reveals a lot about character. It reveals a lot about class, that Donald's instinct is to try to attack my wife and sully her. That should be beneath Donald, but the reason he's doing that is he had a very bad night.
I think the work that Sully has done over the last five years, the culture we have and the mindset and the identity of our team, I think it’s set up for success, we’re getting tested here and we’ve always had the next man up mentality and that’s where we’re going to test the depth of our organization and the character of our players.
A miracle would be great, who doesnt love miracles? But miracles shouldnt be Plan A. Even Sully tried to land at the airport first.
District Attorney William Fitzpatrick:
I won't sully these proceedings by saying I'm sorry, that doesn't cut it. This should never have happened.
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