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sullied
(encz) | sullied, |
Sullied
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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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unsullied
(encz) | unsullied,bezúhonný Jaroslav Šedivý |
Sullied
(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.
[1913 Webster]
Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--Roscommon.
[1913 Webster]
No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--Atterbury.
[1913 Webster] |
Unsullied
(gcide) | Unsullied \Unsullied\
See sullied. |
unsullied
(wn) | unsullied
adj 1: spotlessly clean and fresh; "the unsullied snow of
mountains"
2: (of reputation) free from blemishes; "his unsullied name";
"an untarnished reputation" [syn: stainless, unstained,
unsullied, untainted, untarnished] |
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