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English noun: Sully | |||
| 1. | Sully (person) United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) | ||
| Synonyms | Thomas Sully | ||
| Instance hypernym | painter | ||
| 2. | Sully (person) French statesman (1560-1641) | ||
| Synonyms | Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune | ||
| Instance hypernym | national leader, solon, statesman | ||
English verb: sully | |||
| 1. | sully (contact) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | ||
| Samples | Sully someone's reputation. | ||
| Synonyms | cloud, corrupt, defile, taint | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate | ||
| 2. | sully (contact) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blob, blot, fleck, spot | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | darken | ||
| 3. | sully (communication) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | ||
| Samples | The journalists have defamed me!. The article in the paper sullied my reputation. | ||
| Synonyms | asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accuse, charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assassinate, badmouth, drag through the mud, libel, malign, traduce | ||
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