sully

• Verbo que significa manchar o ensuciar algo, o dañar la reputación, el honor o la pureza de alguien.

A verb used to indicate the act of damaging or tarnishing someone's reputation, honor, or purity; to make something dirty or less valuable.

1. To spoil or tarnishC1formal

   To damage the purity, integrity, or reputation of something.

   Manchar

   • The scandal sullied his reputation in the community.
   • False accusations can sully an innocent person's name.
   • The politician's actions sullied the office he held.

   Sinónimosbesmirchblemishblotdebasedefilesmirchsoilstaintainttarnish

   Antónimoscleandignifyexalthonorpurify

2. To make dirtyC1formal

   To make something dirty or stained.

   ensuciar, manchar

   • The mud sullied her white dress.
   • The factory's waste sullied the river water.
   • His hands were sullied with grease after repairing the engine.

   Sinónimosbefoulbegrimeblemishdirtypollutesmearsoilspotstaintaint

   Antónimosclarifycleanlaunderpurgepurifysterilizewash