(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true. (LITERARY)
He has accused local people of trying to ~ his reputation.
= sully
VERB: V n
(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true. (LITERARY)
He has accused local people of trying to ~ his reputation.
= sully
VERB: V n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012