Examples: sully someone's reputation
Examples: The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
Examples: The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation
sully (English)└── sulien (Middle English (1100-1500)) └── sylian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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