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Sully

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Noun

1. sully, thomas sully

United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

2. duc de sully, maxmilien de bethune, sully

French statesman (1560-1641)

Verb

3. cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

Example Sentences:
'sully someone's reputation'

4. defile, maculate, stain, sully, tarnish

make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

Example Sentences:
'The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air'
'Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man'

5. asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

Example Sentences:
'The journalists have defamed me!'
'The article in the paper sullied my reputation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sully

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verb -lies, -lying or -lied
1. 
to stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnished
noun plural -lies
2. 
a stain
3. 
the act of sullying
noun
Maximilien de Béthune (maksimiljɛ̃ də betyn), Duc de Sully. 1559–1641, French statesman; minister of Henry IV. He helped restore the finances of France after the Wars of Religion

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Sully

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1. 
Duc de(Maximilien de Béthune) 1560-1641; Fr. statesman
2. 
Thomas1783-1872; U.S. painter, born in England
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsullied or ˈsullying
1. 
to soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch, now esp. by disgracing
verb intransitive
2.  Obsolete
to become sullied
nounWord forms: plural ˈsullies
3.  Archaic
a stain or tarnish; defilement

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Sully

see synonyms of sully
French politician. As chief minister to Henry IV, he replenished the treasury and encouraged agriculture and industry.
British-born American painter of portraits and historical scenes, such as Washington's Passage of the Delaware (c. 1818).
tr.v. sul·lied, sul·ly·ing, sul·lies
1. To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.
2. To defile; taint: sully a reputation.
n. pl. sul·lies
Archaic
Something that stains or spots.

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