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sully |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sully \Sul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sullied}; p. pr & vb n. {Sullying}.] [OE. sulien, AS sylian, fr sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, s["u]hlen to wallow, Sw s["o]la to bemire, Dan. s["o]le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.] To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation. Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. --Roscommon. No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. --Atterbury. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sully \Sul"ly\, v. i. To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl {Sullies}. Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sully v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon "sully someone's reputation" [syn: {defile}, {corrupt}, {taint}, {cloud}] 2: make dirty or spotty; also used metaphorically: "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: {tarnish}, {maculate}, {defile}] 3: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {besmirch}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Sully, IA (city, FIPS 76035) Location: 41.57864 N, 92.84646 W Population (1990): 841 (333 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50251
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