sully
121sully — sul|ly [ sʌli ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL 1. ) to damage or spoil something: The museum s reputation was sullied by the scandal. 2. ) to make something dirty …
122sully — see SOIL …
123sully — v. a. == soil. O. and N. 1238 …
124sully — sul·ly || sÊŒlɪ v. dirty, soil, tarnish; taint, defile, disgrace …
125sully — [ sʌli] verb (sullies, sullying, sullied) literary damage the purity or integrity of. ↘make dirty. Origin C16: perh. from Fr. souiller to soil …
126sully — v. a. 1. Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate, deface. 2. Stain, soil, tarnish, blemish, dishonor, disgrace, contaminate …
127sully — verb (T) formal or literary to spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect: a scandal that sullied his reputation …
128sully — v 1. soil, stain, spot, blemish, maculate, smudge, smear, besmear; begrime, bedraggle, draggle; mar, spoil, ruin; contaminate, pollute, adulterate. 2. defile, disgrace, dishonor, dirty; defame, denigrate, vilify, scandalize, revile, malign;… …