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sully

5 ENTRIES FOUND:

1sul·ly

verb \ˈsə-lē\
sul·liedsul·ly·ing

Definition of SULLY

transitive verb
: to make soiled or tarnished : defile

Examples of SULLY

  1. <people that sully our state parks with their trash>
  2. <a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke>

Origin of SULLY

Middle English *sullien, probably alteration (influenced by Anglo-French suillier, soiller to soil) of sulen to soil, from Old English sylian
First Known Use: 15th century

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