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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sully \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"uhlen to wallow, sw. s"ola to
bemire, dan. s"ole, 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.
1913 webster
statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--roscommon.
1913 webster
no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--atterbury.
1913 webster
see also:
sullied sullying
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sullied
adj : especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged
reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished
reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" syn: besmirched,
damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, tainted,
tarnished
see also:
besmirched damaged flyblown spotted stained tainted
tarnished
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sullied
see sully
see also:
sully
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 moby thesaurus words for "sullied":
bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, defiled, dirtied, drabbled,
draggled, fouled, impure, indecent, maculate, smirched, smudged,
soiled, spotted, stained, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean,
unvirginal, unvirtuous
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