Sully word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "sully" word
[noun] United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
[verb] 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"
[verb] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; 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"
[verb] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
\Sul"ly\, v. i. To become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. --Bacon.
\Sul"ly\, n.; pl. {Sullies}. Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
Synonyms for sully
asperse, besmirch, calumniate, cloud, corrupt, defame, defile, denigrate, Duc de Sully, maculate, Maxmilien de Bethune, slander, smear, smirch, taint, tarnish, Thomas Sully
See also: accuse | assassinate | badmouth | blob | blot | charge | darken | deflower | drag through the mud | fleck | impair | libel | malign | mar | national leader | painter | solon | spoil | spot | statesman | traduce | vitiate |
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Let's analyse "sully" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLLUS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
sully: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 (or 1 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Three. |
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