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- Dictionarysully/ˈsʌli/
verb
- 1. damage the purity or integrity of: literary "they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"
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Learn the definition of sully, a formal verb that means to spoil something pure or someone's reputation, or to make something dirty. See examples, synonyms, and translations of sully in different languages.
Sully is a verb that means to make soiled or tarnished, or a noun that means soil or stain. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of sully from Merriam-Webster.
To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation. Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty.
SULLY means to spoil something pure or someone's reputation, or to make something dirty. See how to use this formal verb in sentences and find synonyms and related words.
Sully definition: to soil, stain, or tarnish.. See examples of SULLY used in a sentence.
Sully means to stain, tarnish, or defile something or someone, or to become stained or tarnished. It can also refer to a French statesman or a U.S. painter. See word forms, pronunciation, and usage examples.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb sully, which means to damage or reduce the value of something, or to make something dirty. See examples, synonyms and word origin.
