sullying
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English
Definitions
verb
- To soil or stain; to dirty.“He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.”
- To corrupt or damage.“She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.”
- (intransitive ) To become soiled or tarnished.
noun
- The process by which something is sullied or made dirty.
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