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Definition: Sully |
SullyNoun1. United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872). 2. French statesman (1560-1641). Verb1. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation". 2. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Sully" was first used: 1591. (references) |
Synonyms: SullySynonyms: asperse (v), besmirch (v), calumniate (v), cloud (v), corrupt (v), defame (v), defile (v), denigrate (v), maculate (v), slander (v), smear (v), smirch (v), taint (v), tarnish (v). (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar; expel; (punish). |
Uncleanness | Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sully |
| English words defined with "Sully": Distain ♦ stained glass, Sullies, Sullying. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Sully": Fool in his Sleeve. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Sully": sutler. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? (Commando; writing credit: Joseph Loeb III; Matthew Weisman) Go to jail, Sully, it's where you belong. (Nobody's Fool; writing credit: Robert Benton) Sully, You're a man amongst men. (Nobody's Fool; writing credit: Robert Benton) Oh, you're a man among men, Sully. (Nobody's Fool; writing credit: Robert Benton. Based on the novel by Richard Russo.) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | N. Chapman, M.D. / T. Sully pinxt. Goodman & Piggot. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Nathaniel Chapman, M.D. / Painted by Sully. Engraved by Neacle. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Uncompleted and uncolored oil portrait by Thomas Sully. The original painting hung in the Superintendent's Quarters at the U.S. Naval Academy. Credit: NAVY. |  | Oil (sepia brown) on canvas, 26" x 21", by Thomas Sully. Signed and dated by the artist, 1816. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Monument on Beacon Hill, Boston / Sully, del. ; K. Turner, sc. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Thomas Ritchie, half-length portrait, facing right] / engraved for the Democratic Review by J.R. Forrest, from a picture by T. Sully, Jr. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Major General Andrew Jackson, President of the United States / painted by Thomas Sully ; engraved by James B. Longacre. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | James Knox Polk, President of the United States / engraved by J. Sartain from the original picture painted by T. Sully, Junr. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | James Madison, President of the United States / T. Sully del. ; D. Edwin fecit. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Washington passing the Delaware, evening previous to the Battle of Trenton, Dec. 25th, 1776 / / painted by T. Sully ; etched by W. Humphrys ; engraved by G.S. Lang. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Sully" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 55.00% of the time. "Sully" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 55% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 45% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Sully" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sully | Last name | 130 | 67,400 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Sully, IA (city, FIPS 76035) |
Expressions using "Sully": Duc de Sully ♦ Sully County ♦ Thomas Sully. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Sully": Sully-penarth, Sully-sur-loire. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Sully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njollos (bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, cloud, defile, dye, imbrue, smear, smirch, smudge, splash, splotch, spot, stain), njolloj (blemish, blot, blur, smear, spot, stain, thumb), ndyj (bedraggle, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, dirty, foul, plaster, pollute, soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لوث (bedaub, befoul, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, degrade, dirty, discredit, file, foul, pollute, smear, smirch, soil, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), لطخة (blot, blotch, blurring, cloud, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, speckle, splash, spot), لطخ (bedaub, besmear, blot, blotch, blur, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, splash, splotch, spot, stain, streak, taint, tarnish), تلطخ (maculation, smudge, spot, tarnish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цапам (daub, grime, mess, muck, paddle, puddle, soil, stain), опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, mire, pollute, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, tarnish), оплесквам (besmear, dash, dub, foozle, foul up, hash, louse up, make a mess, make sad work of, mess, muddle, muff, screw up, slobber, spatter, splash), белег (earmark, guide, impress, incision, marking, patent, peg, print, scar, seam, sign, snick, stigma, symptom, tincture, token, trace, vestige, weal, welt), петня (blaspheme, blemish, cast reflection on, denigrate, disfigure, libel, pollute, slur, smear, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigmatize, tarnish), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish), дискредитирам (blow on, discredit, explode, impeach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zneèistit (adulterate, contaminate, defile, foul, foul up, pollute), potřísnit (defile, soil, stain), poskvrnit (befoul, dapple, dishonor, dishonour, pollute, spot, stain, taint, tarnish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کثافت (Dirt, Guck, Impurity, Jakes, Mire, Muck, Pollution, Smooch), لکه دارکردن (Blame, Blemish, Brand, Denigrate, Foul, Smear, Soil, Speck, Stain, Stigmatize, Taint, Tarnish), الوده شدن (Taint), الودگی (Alloy, Impurity, Pollution, Squalor, Stain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | souiller, se souiller, galvauder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beflecken (besmirch, cast a slur on, defile, desecrate, maculate, soil, speckle, spot, stain, taint, tarnish, to blemish, to soil, to speckle, to spot, to stain, to sully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κηλιδώνω (besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, defile, moil, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, speck, speckle, spot, stain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ללכלך (befoul, daub, dirty, foul, grime, muck, smirch, smudge, soil, stain), ל"כפיש (bedraggle, smirch, taint), לט ף (foul, mess, muck, pollute, smudge, soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | beszennyez (contaminate, dirty, foul, maculate, pollute, smirch, to blemish, to contaminate, to darken, to dirty, to discolour, to foul, to grime, to slubber, to smut, to soil, to sully, to vitiate), bepiszkít (bedraggle, dirty, mess, smear, smudge, stain, to begrime, to defile, to dirty, to grime, to mess, to slubber, to smear, to smudge, to soil, to spot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sporcare (dirty, get dirty, make, soil, stain), macchiare (blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, Flavor, flavour, Mark, mottle, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, stain, tarnish), disonorare (disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame), deturpare (deface, disfigure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sollaghey (assault, assault sexually, begrime, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, contamination, defile, defilement, dirty, grime, muck, muddy, pollute, pollution, soil, soiling, stain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ullysay sujar (bedabble, befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blemish, blotch, daub, defile, dirt, dirty, dishallow, drabble, draggle, foul, grime, make it wrong, mess, muck, muddy, slubber, smirch, smoke, smudge, soil, stain), manchar (befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, blotch, blur, dirty, discolor, discolour, fleck, foul, fox, maculate, pollute, smirch, smoke, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, taint), macular (blot, defile, maculate, profane, smirch, smudge, soil, stain), deslustrar (dim), conspurcar (defile, dishallow, foul, pollute, profane), besuntar (besmear, dirty, grease, smear, stain). (various references) pãta (attaint, blemish, cloud, foul, maculate, Mark, slop, smear, smirch, smut, soil, speckle, splash, splatter, spoil, spot, stain), murdãri (bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, defile, foul, litter, mess, muck, muddy, pollute, puddle, slop, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, splash, splatter, spot, stain, tarnish), mohorî (darken, grieve, overcast), mânji (bedaub, beddable, besmear, besmirch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mess, smirch, soil, stain). (various references) пачкать (befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, daub, mess, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splotch, spot). (various references) salaich (pollute, render dirty). (various references) ukaljati (become defiled, befoul, dirty, mire, soil, stain), prljati (dirty, slubber, soil). (various references) tachar a (erase, label, score out, taint), mancharse (bedraggle, smear, smudge, stain, tarnish), manchar (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, dapple, daub, defile, dirty, foul, maculate, Mark, smear, smudge, soil, spot, stain, taint, tarnish). (various references) smutsa ned (grime). (various references) ทำให้สกปรก (dirty, foul), ทำให้มีมลทิน, มีมลทิน (taint). (various references) lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brand, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, maculate, mottle, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, taint, tarnish), kirletmek (bedaub, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, dirty, foul, foul up, grime, make dirty, mess, pollute, rape, slur, smear, smirch, smutch, soil, spatter, stain, tarnish, vitiate). (various references) бруднити (befoul, begrime, bespatter, blur, daub, dirty, discolor, discolour, foul, mess up, muck, muss, smear, smudge, soil). (various references) llychwino (besmirch, soil, spot, tarnish), diwyno (mar, soil, spoil), difwyno (defile, mar, soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | foedaveris, foedere, foederis. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | souillier. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Sully": sullying. (additional references) | |
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"Sully" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lully, saully, sauly, scully, sellby, selli, selly, Silley, solly, Sollys, soly, soully, subly, sul, sulh, suli, sulley, sullie, sulln, suply, surlily, sutly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Sully" (pronounced su"lē) |
| 3 | -u" l ē | Cully, gulley, gully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-l-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: sly. | |
-3 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-l-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: lushly. | |
+2 letters: cullays, gulleys, lousily, lustily, mulleys, plushly, pulleys, solubly, squally, sulkily, surlily, toluyls, usually. | |
+3 letters: blousily, casually, causally, clumsily, illusory, mulishly, outyells, plushily, psyllium, scullery, sexually, sinfully, slushily, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, sulfuryl, sullenly, sullying, sultrily, supplely, syllabub, syllabus, usefully, visually. | |
+4 letters: asexually, bashfully, bellyfuls, biliously, bulbously, bullishly, bullyboys, bullyrags, callously, calyculus, cultishly, dullishly, easefully, elusively, emulously, fulsomely, insolubly, insularly, jealously, leisurely, leprously, loutishly, lumpishly, lustfully, musically, parlously, plausibly, psylliums, restfully, secularly, sensually, slouchily, soliloquy, songfully, soulfully, squalidly, sublimely, subtilely, sulfinyls, sulfonyls, sulfuryls, surreally, suturally, syllabubs, unusually, uselessly, wishfully, wistfully, zealously, zestfully. | |
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