sully

/ˈsʌli/

意味: 汚すこと、汚名

例文: False rumors cast a sully on Aki.
    根拠のない噂がアキに汚名を着せた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sully reputation (評判を汚す), sully name (名前を汚す), sully honor (名誉を汚す)

定義: 何かを汚したり、悪くしたりすることを意味します。特に、名声や評判などの良いものを悪くすることを指します。

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Noun: French statesman (1560-1641)
Verb: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Verb: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
Verb: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: sully someone’s reputation
Verb: The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
Verb: Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
Verb: The journalists have defamed me!
Verb: The article in the paper sullied my reputation

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune, Sully, Thomas Sully, asperse, besmirch, calumniate, cloud, corrupt, defame, defile, denigrate, maculate, slander, smear, smirch, stain, sully, taint, tarnish

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): charge, mar, spot

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accuse, blame, deface, defame, defile, indict, spatter, speckle, splotch, tarnish

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): assassinate, badmouth, darken, libel

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: aspersion, calumny, cloud, defamation, defamatory, defamer, denigration, denigratory, macula, maculation, slander, slanderer, smear, smirch, stain, tarnish

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ly

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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