Synonyms: Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
Definition: French statesman (1560-1641)
Similar words: statesman, solon, national leader
Definition: a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
Synonyms: Sully, Thomas Sully
Definition: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Similar words: painter
Definition: an artist who paints
Synonyms: sully, defame, denigrate, calumniate, besmirch, asperse, slander, smear, smirch
Definition: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Usage: The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation
Definition: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
Usage: he charged the director with indifference
Synonyms: maculate, tarnish, sully, defile, stain
Definition: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
Usage: The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air; Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
Similar words: blob, blot, spot, fleck
Definition: make a spot or mark onto
Usage: The wine spotted the tablecloth
Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint, cloud
Definition: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Usage: sully someone's reputation
Similar words: deflower, impair, vitiate, mar, spoil
Definition: make imperfect
Usage: nothing marred her beauty