sully

[US]/ˈsʌli/
[UK]/ˈsʌli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. empañar, destruir reputación
Word Forms
Participio pasadosullied
Gerundiosullying
Tercera persona singularsullies
Pasadosullied
Pluralsullies

Phrases & Collocations

sully one's reputation

dañar la reputación

sully the environment

dañar el medio ambiente

Example Sentences

Her reputation was sullied by the scandal.

su reputación fue empañada por el escándalo.

He refused to let anyone sully his good name.

Él se negó a permitir que nadie mancillara su buen nombre.

The mud on his shoes sullied the clean floor.

La suciedad en sus zapatos manchó el suelo limpio.

They tried to sully her image with false accusations.

Intentaron manchar su imagen con falsas acusaciones.

The company's reputation was sullied after the product recall.

La reputación de la empresa se vio empañada después del retiro del producto.

He didn't want to sully his hands with the dirty work.

No quería manchar sus manos con el trabajo sucio.

The graffiti sullied the historic building.

El grafiti manchó el edificio histórico.

She felt like she had sullied her soul with her actions.

Se sintió como si hubiera mancillado su alma con sus acciones.

The lies he told sullied his integrity.

Las mentiras que contó mancillaron su integridad.

They tried to sully his achievements by spreading rumors.

Intentaron manchar sus logros difundiendo rumores.

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