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- Dictionarysul·ly/ˈsəlē/
verb
- 1. damage the purity or integrity of; defile: literary "they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"
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The meaning of SULLY is to make soiled or tarnished : defile. How to use sully in a sentence.
To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation. Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty.
SULLY definition: 1. to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 2. to make something dirty…. Learn more.
1. verb. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. [formal] The City's reputation has been sullied by these scandals. [be VERB -ed] She claimed they were sullying her good name. [VERB noun] 2. verb. If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. [formal]
SULLY meaning: 1. to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 2. to make something dirty…. Learn more.
(intransitive) To become soiled or tarnished. Wiktionary. Synonyms: maculate. defile. stain. tarnish. cloud. corrupt. taint. calumniate. asperse. smirch.
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"
Definition of sully verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
sully meaning, definition, what is sully: to spoil or reduce the value of somethin...: Learn more.
Jun 2, 2024 · Verb. [edit] sully (third-person singular simple present sullies, present participle sullying, simple past and past participle sullied) ( transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty . Synonym:(obsolete) sowl. He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
