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sullied en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌliːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsʌlid/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From sully + -ied (suffix forming participial adjectives and past participal forms of verbs ending in -y).

Meanings

  1. Stained, soiled.
  2. (figuratively) Defiled, tainted.
    • O that this too too ſallied fleſh vvould melt, / Thavv and reſolue it ſelfe into a devve, […] c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], signature C, recto:

Forms

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Antonyms

unsullied

sullied en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌliːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsʌlid/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From sully + -ied (suffix forming participial adjectives and past participal forms of verbs ending in -y).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of sully
    form of sully