What is another word for sully?
858 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌli], [ sˈʌli], [ s_ˈʌ_l_i]
Sully is a verb that describes the action of tarnishing or staining someone's reputation or honor. There are several synonyms for this word, including stain, blemish, taint, besmirch, defile, smirch, blacken, and soil. These synonyms all represent negative connotations, and they are commonly used to describe the damaging impact of a person's actions on someone's character. For example, one can "sully" their own reputation through misconduct, dishonesty, or bad behavior. Similarly, an individual can "sully" another person's reputation through spreading rumors or false statements. Despite its negative tone, the use of "sully" and its synonyms is essential in accurately communicating the impact of certain actions on personal and professional reputations.
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Similar words for sully:
- besmirch (noun)
- calumniate (noun)
- defame (noun)
- denigrate (noun)
- person (noun)
- bedaub (verb)
- besmear (verb)
- blacken (verb)
- blemish (verb)
- blot (verb)
- contaminate (verb)
- daub (verb)
- deface (verb)
- defile (verb)
- dirty (verb)
- discolor (verb)
- disgrace (verb)
- dishonor (verb)
- disrespect (verb)
- malign (verb)
- pollute (verb)
- slander (verb)
- smear (verb)
- smirch (verb)
- soil (verb)
- spot (verb)
- stain (verb)
- taint (verb)
- tarnish (verb)
- vitiate (verb)
- Maxmilien de Bethune
- blacken
- blemish
- contaminate
- daub
- dirty
- duc de sully
- noun
- slander
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Sully:
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n.
• besmirch • calumniate • defame • denigrate • person -
v.
• bedaub • besmear • blacken- bad mouth ,
- de cried ,
- de cries ,
- de cry ,
- de crying ,
- de fame ,
- de famed ,
- de fames ,
- de faming ,
- de-cried ,
- de-cries ,
- de-cry ,
- de-crying ,
- de-fame ,
- de-famed ,
- de-fames ,
- de-faming ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- gave a black eye ,
- gave black eye ,
- gives a black eye ,
- gives black eye ,
- giving a black eye ,
- giving black eye ,
- rip and down ,
- rip down ,
- rip up down ,
- ripped and down ,
- ripped up and down ,
- ripped up down ,
- ripping and down ,
- ripping down ,
- ripping up and down ,
- ripping up down ,
- rips and down ,
- rips down ,
- rips up and down ,
- rips up down .
- be spatter ,
- be spattered ,
- be spattering ,
- be spatters ,
- be-spatter ,
- be-spattered ,
- be-spattering ,
- be-spatters ,
- bespatters .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- pro fane ,
- pro fanes ,
- pro-fane ,
- pro-fanes ,
- radio activate ,
- radio activated ,
- radio activates ,
- radio activating ,
- radio-activate ,
- radio-activated ,
- radio-activates ,
- radio-activating ,
- radioactivates ,
- radioactivating .
- be grime ,
- be grimed ,
- be grimes ,
- be griming ,
- be spray ,
- be sprayed ,
- be spraying ,
- be sprays ,
- be-grime ,
- be-grimed ,
- be-grimes ,
- be-griming ,
- be-spray ,
- be-sprayed ,
- be-spraying ,
- be-sprays ,
- besprayed ,
- bespraying ,
- besprays ,
- slapping on ,
- slaps on .
- DE Form ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de formed ,
- de forming ,
- de forms ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- de-form ,
- de-formed ,
- de-forming ,
- de-forms ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- mis shape ,
- mis shaped ,
- mis shapen ,
- mis shapes ,
- mis shaping ,
- mis-shape ,
- mis-shaped ,
- mis-shapes ,
- mis-shaping .
- be smirch ,
- be smirched ,
- be smirches ,
- be smirching ,
- be-smirch ,
- be-smirched ,
- be-smirches ,
- be-smirching ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de flower ,
- de flowered ,
- de flowering ,
- de flowers ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-flower ,
- de-flowered ,
- de-flowering ,
- de-flowers ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- maculates ,
- maculating ,
- made foul ,
- makes foul ,
- making foul ,
- scuzzed up ,
- scuzzes up ,
- scuzzing up .
- dis color ,
- dis colored ,
- dis coloring ,
- dis colors ,
- dis-color ,
- dis-colored ,
- dis-coloring ,
- dis-colors ,
- disco loring ,
- disco-loring .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis favor ,
- dis favored ,
- dis favoring ,
- dis favors ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis respect ,
- dis respected ,
- dis respecting ,
- dis respects ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-favor ,
- dis-favored ,
- dis-favoring ,
- dis-favors ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- dis-respect ,
- dis-respected ,
- dis-respecting ,
- dis-respects ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- take down peg ,
- takes down a peg ,
- takes down peg ,
- taking down a peg ,
- taking down peg ,
- tar feather ,
- took down a peg ,
- took down peg .
- dis consider ,
- dis considered ,
- dis considering ,
- dis considers ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis oblige ,
- dis obliged ,
- dis obliges ,
- dis obliging ,
- dis-consider ,
- dis-considered ,
- dis-considering ,
- dis-considers ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- dis-oblige ,
- dis-obliged ,
- dis-obliges ,
- dis-obliging ,
- disconsidered ,
- disconsidering ,
- disconsiders ,
- made lose face ,
- makes lose face ,
- making lose face ,
- reflecting on ,
- reflects on .
- de tract ,
- de tracts ,
- de-tract ,
- de-tracts ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- mudslinged ,
- mudslings ,
- opprobriated ,
- opprobriates ,
- opprobriating ,
- re vile ,
- re-vile ,
- spake ill of ,
- speaking ill of ,
- speaks ill of ,
- spoke ill of ,
- takes a swipe at ,
- takes swipe at ,
- taking a swipe at ,
- taking swipe at ,
- took a swipe at ,
- took swipe at ,
- villainized ,
- villainizes ,
- villainizing .
- denounce ,
- detract ,
- pillory ,
- scandalize ,
- shame ,
- stigmatize ,
- traduce ,
- vilify .
- dragged through mud ,
- dragging through mud ,
- drags through mud ,
- over laid ,
- over laying ,
- over lays ,
- over spreading ,
- over spreads ,
- over-laid ,
- over-lay ,
- over-laying ,
- over-lays ,
- over-spread ,
- over-spreading ,
- over-spreads ,
- poor mouthed ,
- poor mouthing ,
- poor mouths ,
- poor-mouthed ,
- poor-mouthing ,
- poor-mouths ,
- poormouthed ,
- poormouthing ,
- poormouths ,
- ripped up ,
- ripping up ,
- rips up .
- be draggle ,
- be draggled ,
- be draggles ,
- be draggling ,
- be-draggle ,
- be-draggled ,
- be-draggles ,
- be-draggling ,
- bedraggles ,
- musses up ,
- mussing up .
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- dragged through the mud ,
- dragging through the mud ,
- drags through the mud .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- cast slur ,
- casting a slur ,
- casting slur ,
- casts a slur ,
- casts slur ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- crudded up ,
- crudding up ,
- cruds up ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- dis integrate ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrates ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-integrate ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrates ,
- dis-integrating .
Other synonyms:
- black .
- track .
- mess up .
Other relevant words:
- Attainted ,
- Attainting ,
- Bedraggling ,
- Bespattering ,
- Blackguarded ,
- Blackguarding ,
- Crumbed ,
- Crumbing ,
- Dilapidating ,
- Disfavored ,
- Disfavoring ,
- Dulling ,
- Maculated ,
- Messed ,
- Messing ,
- Peppered ,
- Peppering ,
- Ridiculed ,
- Smutted ,
- Smutting ,
- Specking ,
- Studding ,
- Tarred ,
- Tarring ,
- Tars ,
- Trashed ,
- bedaub ,
- bedraggle ,
- besmear ,
- bespatter ,
- bespattered ,
- blacken ,
- blemish ,
- blot ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- cast a slur ,
- cast aspersion ,
- casting aspersion ,
- casts aspersion ,
- contaminate ,
- crud up ,
- daub ,
- deface ,
- defile ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- dirty ,
- discolor ,
- disconsider ,
- disgrace ,
- dishonor ,
- disrespected ,
- disrespecting ,
- drag through mud ,
- drag through the mud ,
- dulls ,
- foul ,
- lose luster ,
- lose shine ,
- maculate ,
- make filthy ,
- make foul ,
- make lose face ,
- malign ,
- maligned ,
- mar ,
- marbled ,
- marbles ,
- marbling ,
- mis-shapen ,
- molest ,
- mucked ,
- mucking ,
- mudsling ,
- muss up ,
- mussed up ,
- opprobriate ,
- over spread ,
- overspread ,
- overspreading ,
- overspreads ,
- pepper ,
- peppers ,
- pimpled ,
- pollute ,
- poor mouth ,
- poor-mouth ,
- poormouth ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- reflect on ,
- reflected on ,
- rip up ,
- scuzz up ,
- slander ,
- smear ,
- smirch ,
- smudge ,
- smut ,
- soil ,
- soiled ,
- speak ill of ,
- specked ,
- splotched ,
- splotching ,
- spot ,
- spotted ,
- stain ,
- striping ,
- studded ,
- taint ,
- take a swipe at ,
- take down a peg ,
- take swipe at ,
- tar ,
- tarnish ,
- tarnishes ,
- vandalize ,
- villainize ,
- vitiate .
- Slurring ,
- Vilified ,
- badmouth ,
- blotched ,
- blotching ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- give a black eye ,
- give black eye ,
- libel ,
- rip up and down ,
- ripped down ,
- ripping .
- Muddying ,
- Smutched ,
- Smutching ,
- encrust ,
- encrusted ,
- encrusting ,
- encrusts ,
- make dusty ,
- make impure ,
- muddied ,
- muddies ,
- smoking ,
- smutch .
- Begrease ,
- Beslime ,
- Daggle ,
- Distain ,
- Drabble ,
- Draggle ,
- GAUM ,
- Imbruement ,
- Obnubilate ,
- Slubber ,
- Smouch ,
- Sullies ,
- Thomas Sully ,
- abase ,
- abuse ,
- adulterate ,
- asperse ,
- attaint ,
- bad-mouth ,
- baleful ,
- becloud ,
- befog ,
- beggar ,
- belittle ,
- bemire ,
- benasty ,
- besmutch ,
- betray ,
- bleak ,
- blight ,
- blow upon ,
- blur ,
- brand ,
- bribe ,
- bruise ,
- buy ,
- calamitous ,
- call names ,
- cast aspersions on ,
- censure ,
- cloud ,
- compost ,
- conceal ,
- condemn ,
- contamination ,
- corrupt ,
- corruption ,
- country ,
- cruel ,
- dabble ,
- damage ,
- dapple ,
- darken ,
- darkened ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- deceive ,
- decry ,
- deflower ,
- deformity ,
- degrade ,
- dejection ,
- demean ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- deprave ,
- deprecate ,
- depreciate ,
- depress ,
- derogate ,
- desecrate ,
- despoil ,
- destroy ,
- devaluate ,
- devalue ,
- diminish ,
- dire ,
- dirt ,
- disapprove ,
- disastrous ,
- discolour ,
- disfavour ,
- disfigure ,
- disfigurement ,
- dishonour ,
- dismal ,
- disparage ,
- distressing ,
- downgrade ,
- dung ,
- earth ,
- evil ,
- expel ,
- expose ,
- faeces ,
- fatal ,
- field ,
- filth ,
- flaw ,
- fleck ,
- fog ,
- force ,
- foulness ,
- get dirty ,
- gibbet ,
- gloomy ,
- grim ,
- grime ,
- ground ,
- harm ,
- haze over ,
- home ,
- horrible ,
- hurt ,
- impair ,
- injure ,
- kingdom ,
- land ,
- lands ,
- lead astray ,
- leaven ,
- lower ,
- make unclean ,
- malignant ,
- manure ,
- mark ,
- mess ,
- mess-up ,
- minimize ,
- mire ,
- misdirect ,
- miserable ,
- mislead ,
- mist ,
- mordant ,
- mottle ,
- mournful ,
- muck ,
- muckrake ,
- nasty ,
- nation ,
- obfuscate ,
- obscure ,
- overcast ,
- painter ,
- patch ,
- pervert ,
- poison ,
- polluted ,
- profane ,
- punish ,
- rape ,
- ravage ,
- ravish ,
- reduce ,
- reprimand ,
- revile ,
- roil ,
- rot ,
- ruin ,
- sad ,
- seduce ,
- severe ,
- shameful ,
- sinful ,
- sinister ,
- slaver ,
- slur ,
- smoke ,
- solon ,
- speckle ,
- splash ,
- spray ,
- squalor ,
- state ,
- statesman ,
- stigma ,
- subvert ,
- sullen ,
- throw mud at ,
- unclean ,
- undermine ,
- vicious ,
- violate ,
- vulgarize ,
- weaken ,
- wicked ,
- wreck .
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How to use "Sully" in context?
Henry sully, commonly known as "sully" was an early American automobile engineer. Sully was born in 1861 in Lansingburgh, New York. As an afterthought to a career as a doctor, Sully began his study of engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1881. In 1884, he established the first motor vehicle company in the United States, the S. S. Department Store Motor Vehicle Company. The company specialized in making and selling high-quality bicycles and automobiles.
In 1896, Sully founded the S.S. Cannondale Bicycle Company.
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Verb, base form
tarnish.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Sully:
- sullie.
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- Synonyms:
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