Meaning & Definition of Sully in English

1. United states painter (born in england) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

2. French statesman (1560-1641)

1. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• "Sully someone's reputation"

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"

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"