sully
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(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" |
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Synonyms: cloud, corrupt, defile, taint |
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Related Words: deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate |
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(verb) make dirty or spotty; also used metaphorically: "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" |
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Synonyms: defile, maculate, tarnish |
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Related Words: blob, blot, darken, fleck, spot, stain |
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(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
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Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch |
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Related Words: accuse, badmouth, charge, drag through the mud, libel, malign, traduce |
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