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sully

/ sully /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
French statesman (1560-1641)
Type of:
statesman solon national leader
noun Sense 2
United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Type of:
painter
verb Sense 3
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone''s reputation"
Type of:
mar impair spoil
Derived:
cloud
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
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"
Type of:
spot fleck blob
Kinds of:
darken
Derived:
macule macula staining spotting maculation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
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"
Type of:
charge accuse
Kinds of:
assassinate libel badmouth malign traduce
Derived:
smear vilification malignment defamation calumny
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
69%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
3
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statesman solon national leader painter mar impair spoil spot fleck blob darken charge