verb (sullies, sullying, sullied, sullied) [VN] (formal or literary)
1 to spoil or lower the value of sth:
By cheating they have sullied the good name of their country.
2 to make sth dirty:
She wondered if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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