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- DictionarySul·ly/ˈsəlē/
verb
- 1. damage the purity or integrity of; defile: literary "they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"
to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos. to make something dirty: No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging reputation. anti-defamation. aspersion.
verb (used with object) , sul·lied, sul·ly·ing. to soil, stain, or tarnish. Synonyms: contaminate, blemish, taint. to mar the purity or luster of; defile: to sully a reputation. Synonyms: dishonor, disgrace, dirty.
Aug 31, 2023 · 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 .
4 days ago · 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] The City's reputation has been sullied by these scandals. [be VERB -ed] She claimed they were sullying her good name. [VERB noun] 2. verb. If someone sullies something, they make it dirty . [formal]
sully something to make something dirty. She wondered if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink. Definition of sully verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sul‧ly /ˈsʌli/ verb (sullied, sullying, sullies) [ transitive] formal or literary to spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect a scandal that sullied his reputation → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus sully • They stood for progress, a notion already being sullied by contempt fo...
Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. sullied, sullies, sullying. To become sullied. Webster's New World. To soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch, now esp. by disgracing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To defile; taint. Sully a reputation. American Heritage. To damage or corrupt. He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
