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(noun) Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
French statesman (1560-1641)
(noun) Sully, Thomas Sully
United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
(verb) defame, denigrate, calumniate, besmirch, asperse, slander, smear, smirch
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) maculate, tarnish, defile, stain
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
(verb) corrupt, defile, taint, cloud
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully someone's reputation