vverb.contactplace under suspicion or cast doubt uponSynset:cloud corrupt defile sully taint
Examples:- sully someone's reputation
Derivationally Related Form:cloud
Hypernyms:deflower impair mar spoil vitiate
Inherited Hypernyms:defilemardamagechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactmake dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphoricallySynset:defile maculate stain sully tarnish
Examples:- The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
- Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
Derivationally Related Form:maculatarnishstainmaculation
Hypernyms:blob blot fleck spot
Inherited Hypernyms:tarnishspotchange surfacechange
Direct Hyponyms:darken
Full Troponyms:darken
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changespot, stain, or polluteSynset:befoul defile foul maculate
Examples:- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
Derivationally Related Form:maculadefilerdefilementmaculationbefoulment
Hypernyms:attaint disgrace dishonor dishonour shame
Inherited Hypernyms:fouldishonor
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allmorally blemished; stained or impureSynset:maculate
Antonyms:pure
Inherited Hypernyms:defiled
Similar to:impure