Sul·ly (s l  , s -l, sü-), Duc de. Title of Maximilien de Béthune. 1560-1641.
French politician. As chief minister to Henry IV, he replenished the treasury and encouraged agriculture and industry.
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| Sul·ly (sl), Thomas 1783-1872.
British-born American painter of portraits and historical scenes, such as Washington's Passage of the Delaware (c. 1818).
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| sul·ly (sl)
tr.v. sul·lied, sul·ly·ing, sul·lies
1. To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.
2. To defile; taint.
n. pl. sul·lies Archaic
Something that stains or spots.
[Probably from French souiller, from Old French; see soil2.]
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sully [ˈsʌlɪ]
vb -lies, -lying, -lied
to stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc.) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnished
n pl -lies
1. a stain
2. the act of sullying
[probably from French souiller to soil]
sulliable adj
Sully [ˈsʌlɪ (French) sylli]
n
(Biographies / Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de (1559-1641) M, French, POLITICS: statesman) Maximilien de Béthune (maksimiljɛ̃ də betyn), Duc de Sully. 1559-1641, French statesman; minister of Henry IV. He helped restore the finances of France after the Wars of Religion
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sul•ly (ˈsʌl i)
v. -lied, -ly•ing, v.t.
1. to soil, stain, or tarnish.
2. to mar the purity or luster of; defile: to sully a reputation.
v.i.
3. to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished.
n.
4. Obs. a stain; soil.
[1585–95; orig. uncertain]
sul′li•a•ble, adj.
Sul•ly (ˈsʌl i; for 1 also Fr. süˈli) n.
1. Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman.
2. Thomas, 1783–1872, U.S. painter, born in England.
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Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  Sully - United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
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| 2. | Sully - French statesman (1560-1641) | |
| Verb | 1. | sully - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" |
| 2. | sully - 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"
darken - tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
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| 3. | sully - 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"
accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference"
assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"
libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"
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