Thesaurus: sully

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To become soiled or tarnished.
3. n. Soil; tarnish; stain.
4. v. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
5. v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
6. v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
7. 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. Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon. No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury. To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon. Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. Spectator.
8. To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; --used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully aperson's reputation.Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon.No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury.
9. v:100 n. United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) n. French statesman (1560-1641)