Definition of Sully

Verb: sully  sú-lee

  1. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
    "sully someone's reputation";
    - defile, corrupt, taint, cloud
     
  2. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
    "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man";
    - tarnish, stain, maculate, defile
     
  3. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    "The article in the paper sullied my reputation";
    - defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, besmirch
Noun: Sully  sú-lee
  1. French statesman (1560-1641)
    - Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
     
  2. United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
    - Thomas Sully

See also:
Sullivan
sullying

Anagrams containing the word Sully

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