SULLY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • French statesman (1560-1641)
   Synonym(s)
   • Duc de Sully (what does Duc de Sully mean?)
   • Maxmilien de Bethune (what does Maxmilien de Bethune mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Sully is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • statesman (what does statesman mean?)
   • solon (what does solon mean?)
   • national leader (what does national leader mean?)
2. Meaning
   • United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
   Synonym(s)
   • Thomas Sully (what does Thomas Sully mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Sully is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • painter (what does painter mean?)

SULLY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • charge falsely or with malicious intent
   • attack the good name and reputation of someone
   Synonym(s)
   • asperse (what does asperse mean?)
   • besmirch (what does besmirch mean?)
   • calumniate (what does calumniate mean?)
   • defame (what does defame mean?)
   • denigrate (what does denigrate mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation
   Hypernyms(s) sully is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • accuse (what does accuse mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • assassinate (what does assassinate mean?)
   • libel (what does libel mean?)
   • badmouth (what does badmouth mean?)
   • malign (what does malign mean?)
   • traduce (what does traduce mean?)
   • drag through the mud (what does drag through the mud mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • vilification (what does vilification mean?)
   • malignment (what does malignment mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • obloquy (what does obloquy mean?)
   • traducement (what does traducement mean?)
   • hatchet job (what does hatchet job mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • slur (what does slur mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • blot (what does blot mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamer (what does defamer mean?)
   • maligner (what does maligner mean?)
   • slanderer (what does slanderer mean?)
   • vilifier (what does vilifier mean?)
   • libeler (what does libeler mean?)
   • backbiter (what does backbiter mean?)
   • traducer (what does traducer mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • obloquy (what does obloquy mean?)
   • traducement (what does traducement mean?)
   • hatchet job (what does hatchet job mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • defamer (what does defamer mean?)
   • maligner (what does maligner mean?)
   • slanderer (what does slanderer mean?)
   • vilifier (what does vilifier mean?)
   • libeler (what does libeler mean?)
   • backbiter (what does backbiter mean?)
   • traducer (what does traducer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air
   • also used metaphorically
   Synonym(s)
   • defile (what does defile mean?)
   • maculate (what does maculate mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • tarnish (what does tarnish mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
   • Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
   Hypernyms(s) sully is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • fleck (what does fleck mean?)
   • blob (what does blob mean?)
   • blot (what does blot mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • darken (what does darken mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • macule (what does macule mean?)
   • macula (what does macula mean?)
   • staining (what does staining mean?)
   • spotting (what does spotting mean?)
   • maculation (what does maculation mean?)
   • mark (what does mark mean?)
   • stigma (what does stigma mean?)
   • brand (what does brand mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • blot (what does blot mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • tarnish (what does tarnish mean?)
3. Meaning
   • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   Synonym(s)
   • cloud (what does cloud mean?)
   • corrupt (what does corrupt mean?)
   • defile (what does defile mean?)
   • taint (what does taint mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • sully someone’’s reputation
   Hypernyms(s) sully is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mar (what does mar mean?)
   • impair (what does impair mean?)
   • spoil (what does spoil mean?)
   • deflower (what does deflower mean?)
   • vitiate (what does vitiate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • cloud (what does cloud mean?)