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

  • When did you sully the garden
  • Mother warned her boy not to sully.
  • We were taught not to sully forest.
  • The teacher told the children not to sully a thing.
  • Censoring Prof. Hewitt will further sully the reputation of the Wikipedia.

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