sully
verb · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To soil or stain; to dirty.
He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
Đồng nghĩa: befoul, sowl, tarnish, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, befoul, begrime, beray, beshit, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten, dirty, elt, file, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, sully, tarnish, uggle
- 2.
(transitive)To corrupt or damage.
She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.
Đồng nghĩa: besmirch, debase, stain, tarnish, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, demonize, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, sully, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong
- 3.
(ergative, intransitive)To become soiled or tarnished.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete, rare)A blemish.
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thumb|A child whose face and hand have been sullied after playing with [[mud]]