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SULLY

Definition:

1. [noun] United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
   Synonyms: Sully, Thomas Sully
   
   
2. [noun] French statesman (1560-1641)
   Synonyms: Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
   
   
3. [verb] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
   Synonyms: defile, corrupt, taint, cloud
   
   
4. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: tarnish, stain, maculate, defile
   
   
5. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, besmirch
   
   

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Related Words:

• darken
• assassinate
• libel
• badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud

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