sully

• Verbo usado para indicar o ato de causar dano ou manchar a reputação, a honra ou a pureza de alguém, ou de tornar algo sujo ou impuro.

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.

   Sinônimosbesmirchblemishblotdebasedefilesmirchsoilstaintainttarnish

   Antônimoscleandignifyexalthonorpurify

2. To make dirtyC1formal

   To make something dirty or stained.

   Sujar

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

   Sinônimosbefoulbegrimeblemishdirtypollutesmearsoilspotstaintaint

   Antônimosclarifycleanlaunderpurgepurifysterilizewash