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/ˈsəlē/,
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sullies, 3rd person singular present; sullying, present participle; sullied, past tense; sullied, past participle;
  1. Damage the purity or integrity of; defile
    • - they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name
  1. United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
  2. defile: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
  3. French statesman (1560-1641)
  4. tarnish: 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"
  5. defame: 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"
  6. Sully was a Canadian indie rock group formed in 1994 in Ottawa. The band released a self-titled album independently in 1995. After releasing "I Have Much to Report" through Toronto independent label Random Sound in 1997, Sully signed to Nettwerk Records. ...
  7. Sully is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Its postal code is 14400. The INSEE code is 14680.
  8. Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation is in Chantilly, Virginia. The main house was built 1794-1799 by Richard Bland Lee. He was Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress in 1789, as well as an uncle of Robert E. Lee.
  9. Victor "Sully" Sullivan is a protagonist from the Uncharted video game franchise. He is voiced by Richard McGonagle, who also did the motion capture for the character. In the games, he is a friend and mentor to Nathan Drake, the main series protagonist. ...
  10. to soil or stain; to dirty; to damage or corrupt
  11. Short for former Texas A&M President, Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Modern usage generally refers to the prominent statue of him.^[5]
  12. (v.) - To pretend people who were clearly speaking metaphorically were speaking literally, and criticize them based on that. Also known as the "War on Metaphor". From Sullivan, Andrew. (Matthew Yglesias/Andrew Northrup)
  13. (also: sullenberger) n. one who need never pay for a drink again.