sully

v. கறைப்படுத்து, களங்கமுண்டாக்கு, மாசூட்டு, அழுக்காக்கு, தூய்மை கெடு, புகழ்கெடு, நற்பெயர் கெடு.

Synonyms

soil efface dirty taint tarnish spot stain spoil disgrace dishonor

Antonyms

purify cleanse ennoble dignify signalize glorify honor

Sul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Sullying.] Etym: [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, sühlen to wallow, Sw. söla to bemire, Dan. söle, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.] Defn: 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. Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon. No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury. Sul"ly, v. i. Defn: To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon. Sul"ly, n.; pl. Sullies (. Defn: Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. Spectator.

sully - Similar Words

sull slly usually surlily sulkily squally surly sulky stull slily