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单词 sully
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sullyverb [ T ]

uk/ˈsʌl.i/us/ˈsʌl.i/formal

to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation:

His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos.

to make something dirty:

No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Damaging reputation

  • besmirch
  • black mark
  • blacken
  • blot
  • blot your copybook idiom
  • calumniate
  • dog
  • drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
  • give a dog a bad name idiom
  • hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
  • impugn
  • mud
  • poison
  • scurrilous
  • show someone in a bad light idiom
  • slander
  • stab
  • stain
  • taint
  • vilify

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