sully
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1sul·ly
transitive verb \ˈsə-lē\sul·liedsul·ly·ing
Definition of SULLY
: to make soiled or tarnished : defile
Examples of SULLY
- <people that sully our state parks with their trash>
- <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
Related to SULLY
2sully
noun plural sullies
Sul·ly
biographical name \ˈsə-lē, (ˌ)sə-ˈlē, sue-ˈlē\Definition of SULLY
Duc de 1560–1641 Maximilien de Béthune Baron de Ros*ny \də-rō-ˈnē\ Fr. statesman
Sul·ly
biographical name \ˈsə-lē\Definition of SULLY
Thomas 1783–1872 Am. (Eng.-born) painter
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