Adjective sullied has 1 sense
- besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished - especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
Antonym: unblemished (indirect, via blemished)
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Verb sully has 3 senses
- defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
--1 is one way to mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
Sample sentences:
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- tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile - 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"
--2 is one way to spot, fleck, blob, blot
Sample sentences:
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- defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch - 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"
--3 is one way to charge, accuse
Sample sentences:
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