sul·ly 
(sŭlē)
(sŭlē)tr.v. sul·lied, sul·ly·ing, sul·lies
1. To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.
2. To defile; taint: sully a reputation.
n. pl. sul·lies
Archaic
Archaic
Something that stains or spots.
[Probably from French souiller, from Old French; see SOIL2.]
- by fits and starts
- by-form
- bygone
- by half
- by halves
- by hand
- by heart
- by hook or by crook
- by/in virtue of
- by Jove
- bylaw
- by leaps and bounds
- byline
- by-line
- byliner
- by means of
- by-name
- by no means
- BYOB
- by one's bootstraps
- by oneself
- by (one's) (own) bootstraps
- by one's own bootstraps
- by (or in)fits and starts
- by (or in) fits and starts