Usage of "sully" | TermGallery

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

thomas sully

Synonyms

Examples for "stain"

The stain of slavery exists in the First of the Blacks himself. 
 The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance 

Its repercussions, of course, have spread like a stain across the family. 
 The Irish Times 

Better to let Patji claim rivals than to directly stain one's hands. 
 Arcanum Unbounded 

One of our early presidents called it our great and foul stain. 
 Beautiful assassin 

But if that was the case, why had he left this stain? 
 Rebel island 

According to him, this was a targeted attack to tarnish his character. 
 The South African 

The sweat and strife of some careers must tarnish the brightest lustre. 
 The Velvet Glove 

But some worry this attention will tarnish the culture, writes Baz Macdonald. 
 Radio NZ 

Wouldn't want to tarnish my image by looking like a good guy. 
 One for the money 

The other tarnish on the clear mirror was of a graver kind. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut... 

Are the diplomatic corps less maculate than in the days of Grenville Murray? 
 Without Prejudice 

I can make out its long-fingered wings and tightly ruddering tail, its maculate underside. 
 The Guardian 

His wasted palms rested on knees that resembled bones draped with maculate clothing; his sere head fell forward. 
 The Happy End 

To-morrow's papers would provide them with full accounts, the name of Susan Brundon among the maculate details.... 
 The Three Black Pennys: A Novel 

In the maculate atmosphere of flat wine and stale cologne he had a sharp recurrence of the scent of pines, lifting warmly in sunny space. 
 The Three Black Pennys: A Novel 

Usage of sully in English

China has since sought to sully her reputation and undermine her claims. 
 News.com.au 

The judge publicly admonished Felder for his attempts to sully Minnelli's reputation. 
 The new yorker 

It was forbidden to sully their royal bloodlines by producing mud children. 
 Map of bones 

And Force would never sully his hands with that sort of behaviour. 
 Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr... 

Not even Communism can sully the Caribbean or dim the tropical sunshine. 
 Shift 

You make me a liar by such language: you sully my honour. 
 Jane Eyre: An Autobiography 

I will not allow you to sully your mind with such filth. 
 If Only etc. 

Take your hands, sir, from my shoulder, lest the touch sully you. 
 What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05 

French cinema is seen as too serious to sully itself with recent politics. 
 The Guardian 

Seven times I allowed that man to sully me... seven times. 
 Naked pictures of famous people 

Do not sully her memory or her mother's by engaging in any violence. 
 Reuters 

Bafta may also sully its record as Oscar-tipster in the best supporting categories. 
 The Irish Times 

I didn't want to sully the memory of her visit to the island. 
 Death du Jour 

Such delays will send investment capital fleeing and sully Canada's reputation, he warned. 
 Reuters 

But Magua is pledged not to sully the lilies of France. 
 The Last of the Mohicans 

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 