Synonyms:
Sully, Duc_de_Sully, Maxmilien_de_Bethune
Meaning: French statesman (1560-1641)
Synonyms:
Sully, Thomas_Sully
Meaning: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
Meaning: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"