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transitive verb sullied, sullying

to soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch, now esp. by disgracing

intransitive verb

Obsolete to become sullied

noun pl. sullies

Archaic a stain or tarnish; defilement

Sully, Duc de (Maximilien de Béthune) 1560-1641; Fr. statesman
Sully, Thomas 1783-1872; U.S. painter, born in England

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Sullivan (abbreviation)

Sullivan, Scott

sully (synonyms)

Sully-Prudhomme