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sully

 
Noun sully has 2 senses
  1. Sully, Thomas Sully - United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
    --1 is a kind of painter
  2. Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune - French statesman (1560-1641)
    --2 is a kind of statesman, solon, national leader
Verb sully has 3 senses
  1. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
    --1 is one way to mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile - 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"
    --2 is one way to spot, fleck, blob, blot
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch - 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"
    --3 is one way to charge, accuse
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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