sully

Speech parts

1. sully - Noun

2. sully - Verb

3. Sully - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

To become soiled or tarnished.

Soil; tarnish; stain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

corrupt stain taint defile tarnish besmirch smirch mar soil cloud ruin dirty degrade infect disgrace
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Antonyms

laver wash baptize sluice adore eclat
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Hypernyms

mar fleck charge spot accuse impair

Hyponyms

libel assassinate darken malign traduce badmouth

Phrases with the word

to sully

Derivatives

sullied sullying sullies

Examples

The journalists have defamed me! Source: Internet

The article in the paper sullied my reputation Source: Internet

sully someone's reputation Source: Internet

The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air Source: Internet

Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man Source: Internet

A Byzantine army of relief under Michael Tarchaneiotes arrived in March 1281: Hugh of Sully was ambushed and captured, and his army put to flight. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Sullivant Sullo sullow Sully County sullying sulmah