sully 音标拼音: [s'ʌli]
vt . 沾污,弄脏
n . 污点,脏污
沾污,弄脏污点,脏污
Sully n 1 :
United States painter (
born in England )
of portraits and historical scenes (
1783 -
1872 ) [
synonym : {
Sully }, {
Thomas Sully }]
2 :
French statesman (
1560 -
1641 ) [
synonym : {
Sully }, {
Duc de Sully },
{
Maxmilien de Bethune }]
v 1 :
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon ; "
sully someone '
s reputation " [
synonym : {
defile }, {
sully }, {
corrupt }, {
taint },
{
cloud }]
2 :
make dirty or spotty ,
as by exposure to air ;
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 " [
synonym : {
tarnish }, {
stain },
{
maculate }, {
sully }, {
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 " [
synonym :
{
defame }, {
slander }, {
smirch }, {
asperse }, {
denigrate },
{
calumniate }, {
smear }, {
sully }, {
besmirch }]
Sully \
Sul "
ly \,
v .
i .
To become soiled or tarnished .
[
1913 Webster ]
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding .
--
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
Sully \
Sul "
ly \,
n .;
pl . {
Sullies }.
Soil ;
tarnish ;
stain .
[
1913 Webster ]
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation . --
Spectator .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke .
--
Roscommon .
[
1913 Webster ]
No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity .
--
Atterbury .
[
1913 Webster ]
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sully ":
abuse ,
attaint ,
bedaub ,
befoul ,
benasty ,
besmear ,
besmirch ,
besmutch ,
besoil ,
bespatter ,
betray ,
black ,
blacken ,
blemish ,
blot ,
blow upon ,
brand ,
call names ,
censure ,
contaminate ,
corrupt ,
daub ,
debauch ,
deceive ,
defame ,
defile ,
deflower ,
demoralize ,
denigrate ,
despoil ,
destroy ,
dirty ,
disapprove ,
discolor ,
disgrace ,
disparage ,
engage in personalities ,
expose ,
expose to infamy ,
force ,
foul ,
gibbet ,
hang in effigy ,
heap dirt upon ,
infect ,
lead astray ,
mar ,
mess ,
mess up ,
mislead ,
muckrake ,
nasty ,
pillory ,
pollute ,
rape ,
ravage ,
ravish ,
reprimand ,
revile ,
ruin ,
seduce ,
shame ,
slubber ,
slur ,
smear ,
smirch ,
smouch ,
smudge ,
smut ,
smutch ,
soil ,
spoil ,
spot ,
stain ,
stigmatize ,
taint ,
tar ,
tarnish ,
throw mud at ,
vilify ,
violate ,
vitiate ,
wreck
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