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Detailed Synonyms for sully in English

sully:

sully verb

  1. sully
    – charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone 1
    to smear; to slander; denigrate; to defame; besmirch; smirch; asperse; sully; calumniate
    – charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone 1
  2. sully
    – make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 1
    to stain; to tarnish; to defile; sully; maculate
    – make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 1
    • stain verb (stains, stained, staining)
    • tarnish verb (tarnishes, tarnished, tarnishing)
      • The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air1
    • defile verb (defiles, defiled, defiling)
    • sully verb
    • maculate verb
  3. sully
    – place under suspicion or cast doubt upon 1
    taint; to corrupt; to cloud; to defile; sully
    – place under suspicion or cast doubt upon 1
    • taint verb
    • corrupt verb (corrupts, corrupted, corrupting)
    • cloud verb (clouds, clouded, clouding)
    • defile verb (defiles, defiled, defiling)
    • sully verb
      • sully someone's reputation1

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Related Definitions for "sully":

  1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone1
  2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically1
  3. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon1
    • sully someone's reputation1

Related Synonyms for sully