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verb
- 1. damage the purity or integrity of: literary "they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"
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SULLY definition: 1. to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 2. to make something dirty…. Learn more.
The meaning of SULLY is to make soiled or tarnished : defile. How to use sully in a sentence.
To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation. Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty.
SULLY meaning: 1. to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 2. to make something dirty…. Learn more.
Definition of 'sully' Word Frequency. sully. (sʌli ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense sullies , present participle sullying , past tense, past participle sullied. 1. verb. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. [formal]
sully - 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"
Definition of sully verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "SULLY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
sully meaning, definition, what is sully: to spoil or reduce the value of somethin...: Learn more.
2 Jun 2024 · ( transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty . Synonym:(obsolete) sowl. He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening. 1672, The Earl of Roscommon [ Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon ], “The Sixth Ode, of the Third Book of Horace”, in Poems by the Earl of Roscomon, London: J[acob] Tonson, published 1717, page 153, lines 1–6:
