English to English
noun
- United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
source: WordNet 3.0
- French statesman (1560-1641)
source: WordNet 3.0
- Soil; tarnish; stain.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Sully someone's reputation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To become soiled or tarnished.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [sáli] Manchahán; dungisan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
