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sully
sully /ˈsʌl.i/ verb [T] FORMAL ↑Verb Endings for sully
1 F0 to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: » His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos.Thesaurus+: ↑Damaging reputation , ↑Disapproving and criticizing2 F0 to make something dirty: » No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands.Thesaurus+: ↑Making things dirty and untidy |