sully
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- n United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
- n French statesman (1560-1641)
- v place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully someone's reputation - v make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- Two events sully Plainview's idealism.
- The fighter reluctantly confronts those who would sully his name and game, wins some sort of conditional victory over them.
- Byronic hair Michael Chabon? Why would an esteemed, respectable literary novelist like Chabon want to sully his fancy-pants reputation with a mystery novel?.