Sully

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Sullied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sullying .] Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. - Roscommon. No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. - Atterbury.
v. i.	1.	To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. - Bacon.
n.	1.	Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. - Spectator.

Noun	1.	Sully - United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) Synonyms: Thomas Sully
	2.	Sully - French statesman (1560-1641) Synonyms: Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
Verb	1.	sully - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" Synonyms: defile, taint, corrupt, cloud
	2.	sully - 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: maculate, tarnish, defile, stain
	3.	sully - 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, slander, smirch, denigrate, smear

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