SULLY

Meaning of SULLY in English

[ 'sʌli ]

■ verb ( sullies , ~ing , sullied ) literary damage the purity or integrity of.

↘make dirty.

Origin

C16: perh. from Fr. souiller 'to soil'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SULLY — County: Vale of Glamorgan Post Code: CF64
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
SULLY — delustrar, sordidar
English interlingue dictionary
SULLY — I. biographical name Duc de 1560-1641 Maximilien de Béthune Baron , II. biographical name Thomas 1783-1872 American (English-born) painter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SULLY — I. ˈsəlē, -li verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: probably from Middle French souiller to soil — more at soil intransitive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SULLY — (n.) Soil; tarnish; stain.
Английский словарь Webster
SULLY — (v. i.) To become soiled or tarnished.
Английский словарь Webster
SULLY — (v. t.) To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
SULLY — ( v. t. ) To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SULLY — ( v. i. ) To become soiled or tarnished.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SULLY — ( n. ) Soil; tarnish; stain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SULLY — /sul"ee/ ; for 1 also Fr. /syuu lee"/ , n. 1. Maximilien de Béthune /mannk see mee lyaonn" deuh bay …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SULLY — — sulliable , adj. /sul"ee/ , v. , sullied, sullying , n. , pl. sullies . v.t. 1. to soil, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SULLY — v. dirty, soil, tarnish; taint, defile, disgrace
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SULLY — I. ˈsə-lē transitive verb ( sul·lied ; sul·ly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English * sullien, probably alteration (influenced by Anglo-French suillier, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SULLY — I. ˈsə-lē, (ˌ)sə-ˈlē, sue-ˈlē biographical name Duc de 1560-1641 Maximilien de Béthune Baron de Ros·ny də-rō-ˈnē French statesman II. ˈsə-lē …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SULLY — noun soil; tarnish; stain. 2. sully ·vi to become soiled or tarnished. 3. sully ·vt to soil; to dirty; to …
Webster English vocab
SULLY — [sul.ly] vt sul.lied ; sul.ly.ing [ME sollyen, prob. fr. MF soiller to soil] (15c): to make soiled or tarnished: defile …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SULLY — sully, Sully BrE AmE ˈsʌl i ▷ sullied ˈsʌl id ▷ sullies ˈsʌl iz ▷ sullying ˈsʌl i ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SULLY — / ˈsʌli; NAmE / verb ( sul·lies , sully·ing , sul·lied , sul·lied ) [ vn ] ( formal or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SULLY — sul ‧ ly /ˈsʌli/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sullied , present participle sullying , third …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SULLY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 disgrace or tarnish (a person's reputation or character, a victory, etc.). 2 poet. dirty; soil. [perh. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SULLY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 disgrace or tarnish (a person's reputation or character, a victory, etc.). 2 poet. dirty; soil. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SULLY — ( sullies, sullying, sullied) 1. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SULLY — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And I must take care not to sully it, is that it? ▪ And when …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SULLY — [verb] [T] [formal] - to spoil (something or someone's perfect reputation, purity or cleanliness)His reputation, he said, had been unfairly …
Cambridge English vocab
SULLY — verb Sully is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ name , ↑ reputation
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SULLY — гл. загрязнять, марать, пачкать, пятнать Syn : soil пачкать, марать, пятнать - to * smb.'s reputation запятнать чью-л. репутацию sully …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — sully.ogg ʹsʌlı v пачкать, марать, пятнать to sully smb.'s reputation - запятнать чью-л. репутацию
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SULLY — v пачкать, марать, пятнать to sully smb.'s reputation - запятнать чью-л. репутацию
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — гл. загрязнять, марать, пачкать, пятнать Syn : soil пачкать, марать, пятнать - to * smb.'s reputation запятнать чью-л. репутацию sully …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — v. Function: noun Inflected Form: plural sullies Date: 1601 archaic : SOIL , STAIN
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SULLY — v. Pronunciation: ' s ə -l ē Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: sul · lied ; sul · ly · …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SULLY — v. Pronunciation: ' s ə -l ē Function: biographical name Thomas 1783-1872 American (Eng.-born) painter
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SULLY — v. Pronunciation: ' s ə -l ē , ( ˌ )s ə - ' l ē , s - ' …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SULLY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1. disgrace or tarnish (a person's reputation or character, a victory, etc.). 2 poet. dirty; soil. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
SULLY — (sullies, ~ing, sullied) 1. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SULLY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SULLY — Classification: County Located in: South Dakota (SD) Total Population (2000): 1556 Total Housing Units (2000): 844 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
SULLY — Classification: City Located in: Iowa (IA) Total Population (2000): 904 Total Housing Units (2000): 360 Land Area (square meters): 1348277 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
SULLY — v. Function: verb Synonyms: TAINT 1, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, smear, soil, stain, tar, tarnish Related Words: disgrace, shame
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SULLY — v. a. 1. Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate, deface. 2. Stain, soil, tarnish, blemish, dishonor, disgrace, contaminate.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SULLY — verb Synonyms: taint 1, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, smear, soil, stain, tar, tarnish Related Word: disgrace, shame
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SULLY — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SULLY — v. 25B6; verb TAINT, defile, soil, tarnish, stain, blemish, pollute, spoil, mar; poetic/literary besmirch, befoul.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SULLY — v. besmirch, stain, smirch, blemish, mar, defile, soil, disgrace, dirty, tarnish, pollute, spoil, ruin, destroy, wreck Sadly, his reputation was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SULLY — Пачкать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — Марать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — Загадить
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — Вымарывать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — Вымарать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — пачкать, пятнать
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SULLY — (v) запачкать; запятнать; пачкать; пятнать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SULLY — (0) замарать; марать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SULLY — v пачкать, марать, пятнать to ~ smb.'s reputation - запятнать чью-л. репутацию
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SULLY — v. пачкать, пятнать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SULLY — v. пачкать, пятнать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SULLY — гл. загрязнять, марать, пачкать, пятнать Syn: soil
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SULLY — гл. загрязнять, марать, пачкать, пятнать Syn: soil
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SULLY — _v. пачкать, пятнать _Syn: soil
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SULLY — v. пачкать, пятнать Syn: soil
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SULLY — пачкать, пятнать
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SULLY — _v. пачкать, пятнать
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SULLY — Марать
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SULLY — Загадить
Британский Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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