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Meanings of sully in English

Portuguese
denegrir
Catalan
denigrar

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.

      denegrir
      Portuguese
      macular
      Catalan
      sollar

      Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.

            macular
            Portuguese
            macular
            Catalan
            desllustrar

            Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically.

                  macular
                  Spanish
                  thomas sully

                  United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

                        thomas sully
                        Usage of sully in English
                        1
                        China has since sought to sully her reputation and undermine her claims.
                        News.com.au
                        2
                        The judge publicly admonished Felder for his attempts to sully Minnelli's reputation.
                        The new yorker
                        3
                        It was forbidden to sully their royal bloodlines by producing mud children.
                        Map of bones
                        4
                        And Force would never sully his hands with that sort of behaviour.
                        Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
                        5
                        Not even Communism can sully the Caribbean or dim the tropical sunshine.
                        Shift
                        6
                        You make me a liar by such language: you sully my honour.
                        Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
                        7
                        I will not allow you to sully your mind with such filth.
                        If Only etc.
                        8
                        Take your hands, sir, from my shoulder, lest the touch sully you.
                        What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05
                        9
                        French cinema is seen as too serious to sully itself with recent politics.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        Seven times I allowed that man to sully me... seven times.
                        Naked pictures of famous people
                        11
                        Do not sully her memory or her mother's by engaging in any violence.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Bafta may also sully its record as Oscar-tipster in the best supporting categories.
                        The Irish Times
                        13
                        I didn't want to sully the memory of her visit to the island.
                        Death du Jour
                        14
                        Such delays will send investment capital fleeing and sully Canada's reputation, he warned.
                        Reuters
                        15
                        But Magua is pledged not to sully the lilies of France.
                        The Last of the Mohicans
                        16
                        Yet some suspicious appearances are found to sully the theological fame of Anthemius.
                        History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
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                        Translations for sully
                        Sully through the time
                        Sully across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common