[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] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sully \sul"ly\, v. i.
   to become soiled or tarnished.
   1913 webster

         silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
                                                  --bacon.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sully \sul"ly\, n.; pl. sullies.
   soil; tarnish; stain.
   1913 webster

         a noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
         spots and sullies in his reputation.     --spectator.
   1913 webster
see also:
sullies 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sully
     n 1: united states painter born in england of portraits and
          historical scenes 1783-1872 syn: thomas sully
     2: french statesman 1560-1641 syn: duc de sully, maxmilien
        de bethune
     v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
          reputation" syn: defile, corrupt, taint, cloud
     2: 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" syn: tarnish, stain, maculate,
         defile
     3: 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" syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
         denigrate, calumniate, smear, besmirch
see also:
thomas sully duc de sully maxmilien de bethune defile corrupt taint 
cloud tarnish stain maculate defame 
slander smirch asperse denigrate calumniate 
smear besmirch 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 moby thesaurus words for "sully":
   abuse, attaint, bedaub, befoul, benasty, besmear, besmirch,
   besmutch, besoil, bespatter, betray, black, blacken, blemish, blot,
   blow upon, brand, call names, censure, contaminate, corrupt, daub,
   debauch, deceive, defame, defile, deflower, demoralize, denigrate,
   despoil, destroy, dirty, disapprove, discolor, disgrace, disparage,
   engage in personalities, expose, expose to infamy, force, foul,
   gibbet, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon, infect, lead astray, mar,
   mess, mess up, mislead, muckrake, nasty, pillory, pollute, rape,
   ravage, ravish, reprimand, revile, ruin, seduce, shame, slubber,
   slur, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spoil,
   spot, stain, stigmatize, taint, tar, tarnish, throw mud at, vilify,
   violate, vitiate, wreck

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

sully, ia city, fips 76035
  location: 41.57864 n, 92.84646 w
  population 1990: 841 333 housing units
  area: 1.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 50251

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

sully -- u.s. county in south dakota
   population 2000:    1556
   housing units 2000: 844
   land area 2000:     1006.899280 sq. miles 2607.857052 sq. km
   water area 2000:    63.460182 sq. miles 164.361110 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1070.359462 sq. miles 2772.218162 sq. km
   located within:       south dakota sd, fips 46
   location:             44.714843 n, 100.090532 w
   headwords:
    sully
    sully, sd
    sully county
    sully county, sd

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

sully, ia -- u.s. city in iowa
   population 2000:    904
   housing units 2000: 360
   land area 2000:     0.520573 sq. miles 1.348277 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.520573 sq. miles 1.348277 sq. km
   fips code:            76035
   located within:       iowa ia, fips 19
   location:             41.578638 n, 92.845441 w
   zip codes 1990:     50251
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    sully, ia
    sully

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