1. sully - noun
· United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Synonym(s): Sully, Thomas_Sully
2. sully - noun
· French statesman (1560-1641)
Synonym(s): Sully, Duc_de_Sully, Maxmilien_de_Bethune
3. sully - verb
· place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
Synonym(s): defile, corrupt, taint, cloud
Hypernym(s): mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
4. sully - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): tarnish, stain, maculate, defile
Hypernym(s): spot, fleck, blob, blot
5. sully - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, besmirch
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