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Sul·ly S0877500 (sŭl′ē, so͞o-lē′, sü-), Duc de Title of Maximilien de Béthune. 1560-1641. French politician. As chief minister to Henry IV, he replenished the treasury and encouraged agriculture and industry.
sul·ly S0877500 (sŭl′ē)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.
[Probably from French souiller, from Old French; see soil2.]sully (ˈsʌlɪ) vb, -lies, -lying or -liedto stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnishedn, pl -lies1. a stain2. the act of sullying[C16: probably from French souiller to soil] ˈsulliable adj
Sully (ˈsʌlɪ; French sylli) n (Biography) 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 Religionsul•ly (ˈsʌl i)
v. -lied, -ly•ing, v.t. 1. to soil, stain, or tarnish. 2. to mar the purity or luster of; defile: to sully a reputation. v.i. 3. to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished. n. 4. Obs. a stain; soil. [1585–95; orig. uncertain] sul′li•a•ble, adj. Sul•ly (ˈsʌl i; for 1 also Fr. süˈli)
n. 1. Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman. 2. Thomas, 1783–1872, U.S. painter, born in England. sully
Past participle: sullied
Gerund: sullying
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| I sully | | you sully | | he/she/it sullies | | we sully | | you sully | | they sully |
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| I sullied | | you sullied | | he/she/it sullied | | we sullied | | you sullied | | they sullied |
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| I am sullying | | you are sullying | | he/she/it is sullying | | we are sullying | | you are sullying | | they are sullying |
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| I have sullied | | you have sullied | | he/she/it has sullied | | we have sullied | | you have sullied | | they have sullied |
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| I was sullying | | you were sullying | | he/she/it was sullying | | we were sullying | | you were sullying | | they were sullying |
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| I had sullied | | you had sullied | | he/she/it had sullied | | we had sullied | | you had sullied | | they had sullied |
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| I will sully | | you will sully | | he/she/it will sully | | we will sully | | you will sully | | they will sully |
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| I will have sullied | | you will have sullied | | he/she/it will have sullied | | we will have sullied | | you will have sullied | | they will have sullied |
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| I will be sullying | | you will be sullying | | he/she/it will be sullying | | we will be sullying | | you will be sullying | | they will be sullying |
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| I have been sullying | | you have been sullying | | he/she/it has been sullying | | we have been sullying | | you have been sullying | | they have been sullying |
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| I will have been sullying | | you will have been sullying | | he/she/it will have been sullying | | we will have been sullying | | you will have been sullying | | they will have been sullying |
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| I had been sullying | | you had been sullying | | he/she/it had been sullying | | we had been sullying | | you had been sullying | | they had been sullying |
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| I would sully | | you would sully | | he/she/it would sully | | we would sully | | you would sully | | they would sully |
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| I would have sullied | | you would have sullied | | he/she/it would have sullied | | we would have sullied | | you would have sullied | | they would have sullied |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Sully - United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)Thomas Sully | | 2. | Sully - French statesman (1560-1641)Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune | | Verb | 1. | sully - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"defile, taint, corrupt, cloudmar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" | | 2. | sully - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"maculate, tarnish, defile, stainblob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"darken - tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name" | | 3. | sully - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, smearaccuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference"assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" |
sullyverb1. dishonour, ruin, disgrace, besmirch, smirch Reputations are easily sullied and business lost.2. defile, dirty, stain, spot, spoil, contaminate, pollute, taint, tarnish, blemish, befoul I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.sullyverb1. To make dirty:befoul, begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil.2. To contaminate the reputation of:befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, taint, tarnish.Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.Translationssully
sully (one's) handsTo partake in particularly underhanded, illicit, or illegal work or activities. The public can't be allowed to think that I, a senate hopeful, would ever sully my hands with a tax-evasion scheme such as that.See also: hand, sullysully your hands FORMALIf someone sullies their hands by doing something, they do something unpleasant or wrong. He had no intention of sullying his hands by playing politics. He would not sully his hands in trade. Note: To sully something means to stain it. See also: hand, sullySully
Sully Maximilien de Béthune , Duc de Sully. 1559--1641, French statesman; minister of Henry IV. He helped restore the finances of France after the Wars of Religion Sully
Synonyms for Sullyverb dishonourSynonyms- dishonour
- ruin
- disgrace
- besmirch
- smirch
verb defileSynonyms- defile
- dirty
- stain
- spot
- spoil
- contaminate
- pollute
- taint
- tarnish
- blemish
- befoul
Synonyms for Sullyverb to make dirtySynonyms- befoul
- begrime
- besmirch
- besoil
- black
- blacken
- defile
- dirty
- smudge
- smutch
- soil
verb to contaminate the reputation ofSynonyms- befoul
- besmear
- besmirch
- bespatter
- blacken
- cloud
- denigrate
- dirty
- smear
- smudge
- smut
- soil
- spatter
- stain
- taint
- tarnish
Synonyms for Sullynoun United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)Synonymsnoun French statesman (1560-1641)Synonyms- Duc de Sully
- Maxmilien de Bethune
verb place under suspicion or cast doubt uponSynonymsRelated Words- mar
- deflower
- impair
- vitiate
- spoil
verb make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to airSynonyms- maculate
- tarnish
- defile
- stain
Related Wordsverb charge falsely or with malicious intentSynonyms- asperse
- besmirch
- calumniate
- defame
- slander
- smirch
- denigrate
- smear
Related Words- accuse
- charge
- assassinate
- libel
- badmouth
- drag through the mud
- malign
- traduce
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