Found 2 items, similar to Sullies.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Sully
Sully
n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and
historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn:
Thomas Sully]
2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn:
Duc de Sully,
Maxmilien de Bethune
]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
“sully someone's
reputation” [syn:
defile,
corrupt,
taint,
cloud]
2: 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” [syn:
tarnish,
stain,
maculate,
defile]
3: 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” [syn:
defame,
slander,
smirch,
asperse,
denigrate,
calumniate,
smear,
besmirch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sullies
Sully
\Sul"ly\, n.; pl.
Sullies.
Soil; tarnish; stain.
[1913 Webster]
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
[1913 Webster]