sully

sully is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. To become soiled or tarnished.
3. noun. Soil; tarnish; stain.
4. noun. French statesman (1560-1641)
5. noun. United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
6. verb. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

   "The journalists have defamed me!"

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

7. 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: defile, maculate, stain, tarnish

8. verb. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

   "sully someone's reputation"

   Synonyms: cloud, corrupt, defile, taint

Synonyms

asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, defile, maculate, stain, tarnish, cloud, corrupt, taint

Common word forms

sullied, sullies, sullying

Words from these letters

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