Definitions for Sully
ˈsʌl i; for 1 also Fr. süˈlisul·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Sully, Thomas Sullynoun

   United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

2. Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethuneverb

   French statesman (1560-1641)

3. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb

   place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

   "sully someone's reputation"

4. 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"

5. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sullyverb

   to soil or stain; to dirty

   He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.

2. sullyverb

   to damage or corrupt

   He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.

3. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. Sullyverb

   to become soiled or tarnished

3. Sullynoun

   soil; tarnish; stain

4. 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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. sully

   Song lyrics by sully -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sully on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Mar
   • Painter
   • Spot

How to pronounce Sully?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Sully in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sully in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Sully in a Sentence

1. President Nicolas Maduro:

   The plan is to consolidate territories of peace wherever the OLP operations take place, to free the people of this paramilitary stain and these criminal gangs that sully our people.

2. Patrik Allvin:

   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.

3. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   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.

4. Pitts Fauci:

   A miracle would be great, who doesnt love miracles? But miracles shouldnt be Plan A. Even Sully tried to land at the airport first.

5. Emmanuel Ludot:

   In France you cannot sully the image of the dead, there's moral and emotional suffering. And when there's suffering, there's compensation. It's very simple.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sully
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sully
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sully
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sully
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Sully
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sully
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html