sully
IPA: sˈʌɫi
noun
- (rare, obsolete) A blemish.
- A surname.
- A placename:
- A coastal village in the Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1568).
- A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
- A minor city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
- Ellipsis of Sully County. [One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Onida.]
verb
- (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
- (transitive) To corrupt or damage.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become soiled or tarnished.
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Examples of "sully" in Sentences
- I refuse to let anyone sully my reputation with false accusations
- The mud from the construction site sullied my brand new shoes
- The scandal threatened to sully the politician's otherwise clean record
- She felt like she had sullied her honor by lying to her friend
- Despite efforts to sully his image, the actor remained beloved by his fans
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