sully

/ˈsʌli/ verbo C2

En español: mancillar, macular, embarrar, enfangar

To soil or stain; to dirty. (transitive) · He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
To corrupt or damage. (transitive) · She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.
To become soiled or tarnished. (intransitive)

He/she/it sullies · Pasado sullied · Participio pasado sullied · Forma en -ing sullying

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Formas del verbo

Forma base: sully
He/she/it: sullies
Pasado: sullied
Participio pasado: sullied
Forma en -ing: sullying

De la biblioteca

or Sully, Louis XIII.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 425 · C1

Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of Providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 817 · C1

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