SULLY
(noun) French statesman (1560-1641)
synonyms : duc de sully , maxmilien de bethune(noun) United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
synonyms : thomas sully(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 : asperse , besmirch , calumniate , defame , denigrate , slander , smear , smirchbesmirching somebody's name is a very serious offense, morally and legally. -added by diviya_inlas
No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success -added by nithi
(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(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
synonyms : cloud , corrupt , defile , taint
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Mnemonics for sully
(Tag: ) Sully=soily
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(Tag: ) sully sounds like saaley in hindi we use this term to cast doubt on some one acting wrongly
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(Tag: ) sue(su)+ lee(lly) by doing this we disparaging lee
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(Tag: ) Jake sully in avatar was soily and tarnished after his training in pandora
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(Tag: Tamil) To all tamil guys. "Chali" means "cold" and whenever you get cold you become dirty with your kerchief full of mucus. So "sully" is also dirty. But note that here "make dirty" means "tarnish"
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(Tag: ) sull always means dirty.
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(Tag: ) sully is like gully in cricket.. "By standing in gully, ganguly sullied the match" using ganguly just becos sounds lik gully..no offences !!
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