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sully
1[ suhl-ee ]
verb (used with object)
- to soil, stain, or tarnish.
Synonyms: contaminate, blemish, taint
- to mar the purity or luster of; defile:
to sully a reputation.
verb (used without object)
- to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished.
noun
- Obsolete. a stain; soil.
Sully
2[ suhl-ee; French sy-lee ]
noun
- Ma·xi·mi·lien de Bé·thune [m, a, k-see-mee-, lyan, d, uh, bey-, tyn], Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman.
- Thomas, 1783–1872, U.S. painter, born in England.
Sully
1/ sylli; ˈsʌlɪ /
noun
- SullyMaximilien de Béthune, Duc de15591641MFrenchPOLITICS: statesman Maximilien de Béthune (maksimiljɛ̃ də betyn), Duc de Sully. 1559–1641, French statesman; minister of Henry IV. He helped restore the finances of France after the Wars of Religion
sully
2/ ˈsʌlɪ /
verb
- to stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnished
noun
- a stain
- the act of sullying
Derived Forms
- ˈsulliable, adjective
Other Words From
- sul·li·a·ble adjective
- un·sul·li·a·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sully1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sully1
Example Sentences
In 2016, they were pictured attending a screening of Sully at Directors Guild Of America in Los Angeles.
Sully, a 10th grader whose school closed nearly two months ago, stood on a street corner in the community of Pétion-Ville selling gasoline that he buys on the black market.
Elordi said that the airline has hired pilot Sully Sullenberger — who ditched a passenger flight on the Hudson River in 2009 after both engines were disabled by a bird strike — out of retirement.
"We just couldn't afford three children in full-time childcare," said Ms Thomas, from Sully, in Vale of Glamorgan.
The lawsuit, brought by former HBO executive assistant Sully Temori, alleges he was harassed while working for the company and was fired for retaliatory reasons.
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