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English to English noun
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United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) |  | source: wordnet30
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French statesman (1560-1641) | | source: wordnet30
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Soil; tarnish; stain. | | source: webster1913 verb
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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | | Example: sully someone's reputation
source: wordnet30
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make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | | Example: The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
source: wordnet30
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charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | | Example: The journalists have defamed me!
The article in the paper sullied my reputation
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To become soiled or tarnished. | | source: webster1913
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