Definition of Sully

noun (n)

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

  Synonym: thomas sully
  

  source: wordnet30
• French statesman (1560-1641) (noun.person)

  Synonym: duc de sully, maxmilien de bethune
  

  source: wordnet30
• Soil; tarnish; stain. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon (verb.contact)

  Synonym: cloud, corrupt, defile, taint
  

  Example:
  Sully someone's reputation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically (verb.contact)

  Synonym: defile, maculate, stain, tarnish
  

  source: wordnet30
• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone (verb.communication)

  Synonym: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To become soiled or tarnished. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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