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Sully Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Sully? [n] French statesman (1560-1641) [n] United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) [v] 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" [v] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; 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" [v] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Sully: asperse \| besmirch \| calumniate \| cloud \| corrupt \| defame \| defile \| denigrate \| Duc de Sully \| maculate \| Maxmilien de Bethune \| slander \| smear \| smirch \| taint \| tarnish \| Thomas Sully Related Terms \| Find terms related to Sully: See Also \| accuse \| assassinate \| badmouth \| blob \| blot \| charge \| darken \| deflower \| drag through the mud \| fleck \| impair \| libel \| malign \| mar \| national leader \| painter \| solon \| spoil \| spot \| statesman \| traduce \| vitiate Sully In Webster's Dictionary \Sul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sullied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sullying}.] [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, s["u]hlen to wallow, Sw. s["o]la to bemire, Dan. s["o]le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.] 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. \Sul"ly\, v. i. To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. --Bacon. \Sul"ly\, n.; pl. {Sullies}. Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.

Sully Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sully?

[n] French statesman (1560-1641)
[n] United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
[v] 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"
[v] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; 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"
[v] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"

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Sully In Webster's Dictionary

\Sul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sullied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sullying}.] [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to
G. suhle mire, sich, s["u]hlen to wallow, Sw. s["o]la to
bemire, Dan. s["o]le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.]
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.


\Sul"ly\, v. i.
To become soiled or tarnished.

      Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
                                               --Bacon.


\Sul"ly\, n.; pl. {Sullies}.
Soil; tarnish; stain.

      A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
      spots and sullies in his reputation.     --Spectator.

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