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    sully
    /ˈsʌli/

    verb

    • 1. damage the purity or integrity of: literary "they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSULLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SULLY means to spoil something pure or someone's reputation, or to make something dirty. See the formal definition, synonyms, related words, and examples of sully in sentences.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › sullySully Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SULLY is to make soiled or tarnished : defile. How to use sully in a sentence.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › sullySully - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySULLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SULLY means to spoil something pure or someone's reputation, or to make something dirty. See how to use this formal verb in sentences and find synonyms and related words.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSULLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Sully means to stain, tarnish, or defile something or someone, or to become stained or tarnished. It can also be a noun for a stain or a person's name.

  7. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › sullysully - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · sully (third-person singular simple present sullies, present participle sullying, simple past and past participle sullied) ( transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty . Synonym: (obsolete) sowl. He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening. ( transitive) To corrupt or damage .

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › sullySully Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Sully means to soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch, or a stain or tarnish. It comes from Old English sylian and is related to soil. See synonyms, sentences, and origin of sully.