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verb Sully v. t. (past & past part. sullied; pres. part. sullying) To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation. "Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke." "No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity."
Sully v. i. To become soiled or tarnished. "Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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