sully | Definition of sully

Synonyms and Antonyms of sully

to make dirty

people that sully our state parks with their trash

a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke

Synonyms of sully

befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain

Words Related to sully

contaminate, defile, pollute, taint

confuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddle

colly [chiefly British dialect], crock [dialect]

Near Antonyms of sully

decontaminate, purge, purify

disinfect, sanitize

brush, dry-clean, dust, launder, mop, rinse, scour, scrub, sweep, wash, wipe

brighten, deodorize, freshen, renew, spruce (up)

straighten (up), tidy (up)

Antonyms of sully