sully

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de nuire à la réputation, à l'honneur ou à la pureté de quelqu'un, ou de salir, de rendre quelque chose impur ou souillé.

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.

   souiller, ternir

   • 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.

   Synonymesbesmirchblemishblotdebasedefilesmirchsoilstaintainttarnish

   Antonymescleandignifyexalthonorpurify

2. To make dirtyC1formal

   To make something dirty or stained.

   Salir

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

   Synonymesbefoulbegrimeblemishdirtypollutesmearsoilspotstaintaint

   Antonymesclarifycleanlaunderpurgepurifysterilizewash