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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sully \Sul"ly\, verb (used without an object) To become soiled or tarnished.
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sully \Sul"ly\, noun; pl. {Sullies}. Soil; tarnish; stain.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sully \Sul"ly\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sullied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sullying}.] [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, s["u]hlen to wallow, Sw. s["o]la to bemire, Dan. s["o]le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.] 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. --Roscommon.
No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. --Atterbury.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Sully
noun
1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: {Thomas Sully}]
2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: {Duc de Sully}, {Maxmilien de Bethune}]
verb
1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: {defile}, {corrupt}, {taint}, {cloud}]
2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; 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" [syn: {tarnish}, {stain}, {maculate}, {defile}]
3: 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" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {besmirch}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "sully": abuse, attaint, bedaub, befoul, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, betray, black, blacken, blemish, blot, blow upon, brand, call names, censure, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debauch, deceive, defame, defile, deflower, demoralize, denigrate, despoil, destroy, dirty, disapprove, discolor, disgrace, disparage, engage in personalities, expose, expose to infamy, force, foul, gibbet, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon, infect, lead astray, mar, mess, mess up, mislead, muckrake, nasty, pillory, pollute, rape, ravage, ravish, reprimand, revile, ruin, seduce, shame, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spoil, spot, stain, stigmatize, taint, tar, tarnish, throw mud at, vilify, violate, vitiate, wreck
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sully, IA (city, FIPS 76035) Location: 41.57864 N, 92.84646 W Population (1990): 841 (333 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50251
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sully, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 904 Housing Units (2000): 360 Land area (2000): 0.520573 sq. miles (1.348277 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.520573 sq. miles (1.348277 sq. km) FIPS code: 76035 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 41.578638 N, 92.845441 W ZIP Codes (1990): 50251 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sully, IA Sully
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Sully -- U.S. County in South Dakota Population (2000): 1556 Housing Units (2000): 844 Land area (2000): 1006.899280 sq. miles (2607.857052 sq. km) Water area (2000): 63.460182 sq. miles (164.361110 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1070.359462 sq. miles (2772.218162 sq. km) Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46 Location: 44.714843 N, 100.090532 W Headwords: Sully Sully, SD Sully County Sully County, SD
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