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["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.
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Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--Roscommon.
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No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--Atterbury.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sully \Sul"ly\, v. i.
To become soiled or tarnished.
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Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
--Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl. Sullies.
Soil; tarnish; stain.
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A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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 code(s): 50251
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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