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Detailed Synonyms for sully in Englisch

sully:

sully Verb

  1. sully
    – charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone 1
    to smear; to slander; denigrate; to defame; besmirch; smirch; asperse; sully; calumniate
    – charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone 1
  2. sully
    – make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 1
    to stain; to tarnish; to defile; maculate; sully
    – make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 1
    • stain Verb (stains, stained, staining)
    • tarnish Verb (tarnishes, tarnished, tarnishing)
      • The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air1
    • defile Verb (defiles, defiled, defiling)
    • maculate Verb
    • sully Verb
  3. sully
    – place under suspicion or cast doubt upon 1
    taint; to corrupt; to cloud; to defile; sully
    – place under suspicion or cast doubt upon 1
    • taint Verb
    • corrupt Verb (corrupts, corrupted, corrupting)
    • cloud Verb (clouds, clouded, clouding)
    • defile Verb (defiles, defiled, defiling)
    • sully Verb
      • sully someone's reputation1

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Verwandte Definitionen für "sully":

  1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone1
  2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically1
  3. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon1
    • sully someone's reputation1

Related Synonyms for sully