From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sully
n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and
historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: Sully, Thomas
Sully]
2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: Sully, Duc de Sully,
Maxmilien de Bethune]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint,
cloud]
2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; 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" [syn: tarnish, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
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" [syn:
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate,
calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]