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Defenition of the word sully

    • Defenition of the word sully

      • To make filthy.
      • 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"
      • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
      • make dirty or spotty; 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"
      • French statesman (1560-1641)
      • United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"
      • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
      • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
      • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

    Synonyms for the word sully

      • asperse
      • befoul
      • besmirch
      • calumniate
      • cloud
      • contaminate
      • corrupt
      • defame
      • defile
      • denigrate
      • dirty
      • discredit
      • dishonor
      • foul
      • maculate
      • pollute
      • slander
      • smear
      • smirch
      • soil
      • taint
      • tarnish
      • vilify

    Similar words in the sully

      • sully
      • sullying

    Hyponyms for the word sully

      • assassinate
      • badmouth
      • darken
      • drag through the mud
      • libel
      • malign
      • traduce

    Hypernyms for the word sully

      • accuse
      • blob
      • blot
      • charge
      • deflower
      • fleck
      • impair
      • mar
      • national leader
      • painter
      • solon
      • spoil
      • spot
      • stain
      • statesman
      • vitiate

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