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sully
1[ suhl-ee ]
verb (used with object)
- to soil, stain, or tarnish.
Synonyms: , ,
- to mar the purity or luster of; defile:
to sully a reputation.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used without object)
- to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished.
noun
- Obsolete. a stain; soil.
Sully
2[ suhl-ee; French sy-lee ]
noun
- Ma路xi路mi路lien de B茅路thune [m, a, k-see-mee-, lyan, d, uh, bey-, tyn], Duc de, 1560鈥1641, French statesman.
- Thomas, 1783鈥1872, U.S. painter, born in England.
Sully
1/ sylli; 藞蝉蕦濒瑟 /
noun
- SullyMaximilien de B茅thune, Duc de15591641MFrenchPOLITICS: statesman Maximilien de B茅thune (maksimilj蓻虄 d蓹 betyn), Duc de Sully. 1559鈥1641, French statesman; minister of Henry IV. He helped restore the finances of France after the Wars of Religion
sully
2/ 藞蝉蕦濒瑟 /
verb
- to stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnished
noun
- a stain
- the act of sullying
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉耻濒濒颈补产濒别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉耻濒路濒颈路补路产濒别 adjective
- un路蝉耻濒路濒颈路补路产濒别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sully1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sully1
Example Sentences
There are countertop devices that promise to scramble your egg inside the shell, so you never have to sully a whisk again.
"Investors heard more explicit details regarding the Trump tariff agenda, which sullied the market mood somewhat."
Never mind that Trump would never sully himself by entering a grocery store.
Introducing a two-tier system to the World Test Championship would be "greedy" and would "sully the game", says former England fast bowler Steven Finn.
This pattern of presidents sullying the office as they leave it with clemency for the connected should end, even if the pardon power lives on.
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