| slovo | definícia |
sully
(encz) | sully,poskrvnit adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sully
(encz) | sully,poskvrnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sully
(encz) | sully,pošpinit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sully
(encz) | sully,potřísnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sully
(encz) | sully,špinit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sully
(encz) | sully,zašpinit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sully
(encz) | sully,znečistit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Sully
(gcide) | Sully \Sul"ly\, v. i.
To become soiled or tarnished.
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Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
--Bacon.
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Sully
(gcide) | Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl. Sullies.
Soil; tarnish; stain.
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A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
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Sully
(gcide) | Sully \Sul"ly\, v. t. [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.
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Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--Roscommon.
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No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--Atterbury.
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sully
(wn) | Sully
n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and
historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: Sully, {Thomas
Sully}]
2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: Sully, Duc de Sully,
Maxmilien de Bethune]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, 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, sully, 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, sully, besmirch] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sully
(encz) | sully,poskrvnit adv: Zdeněk Brožsully,poskvrnit v: Zdeněk Brožsully,pošpinit v: Zdeněk Brožsully,potřísnit v: Zdeněk Brožsully,špinit v: Zdeněk Brožsully,zašpinit v: Zdeněk Brožsully,znečistit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Sullying
(gcide) | Sully \Sul"ly\, v. t. [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.
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Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--Roscommon.
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No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--Atterbury.
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duc de sully
(wn) | Duc de Sully
n 1: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: Sully, Duc de Sully,
Maxmilien de Bethune] |
sully
(wn) | Sully
n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and
historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: Sully, {Thomas
Sully}]
2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: Sully, Duc de Sully,
Maxmilien de Bethune]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, 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, sully, 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, sully, besmirch] |
thomas sully
(wn) | Thomas Sully
n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and
historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: Sully, {Thomas
Sully}] |
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