sully

sully /'sʌli/
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm dơ, làm bẩn
    • (thơ ca) làm giảm sự trong trắng, làm giảm sự rực rỡ, hạ thấp thanh danh, hạ thấp thành tích, làm xấu xa, làm nhơ nhuốc

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sully

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; defile, corrupt, taint, cloud

    sully someone's reputation

  • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; tarnish, stain, maculate, defile

    The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air

    Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man

  • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, besmirch

    The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

sullies|sullied|sullying
syn.: Duc de Sully Maxmilien de Bethune Sully Thomas Sully asperse besmirch calumniate cloud corrupt defame defile denigrate maculate slander smear smirch stain taint tarnish