Значение

значений: 3

  1. (переходный)To soil or stain; to dirty.

    He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.

    besudeln, schmutzig machen

    па́чкатьpáčkatʹ, мара́тьmarátʹ

    бруднитиbrudnyty

  2. (переходный)To corrupt or damage.

    She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.

    besudeln

    пятнатьpjatnatʹ

    плямуватиpljamuvaty

  3. (эргативное, непереходный)To become soiled or tarnished.

Ещё определения
  • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
  • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

Примеры

предложений: 2

  1. I wouldn't want to sully your good name.

    Я бы не захотел пятнать твоё доброе имя.

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  2. Our reputation will be sullied.

    deUnser guter Ruf wird Schaden leiden.

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Переводы

языков: 7
Українська
По значениям 2
to soil or stain:
to corrupt or damage:
Русский
По значениям 2
to soil or stain:
to corrupt or damage:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
to soil or stain:

Происхождение

From Middle English sulen, sulien (“to become dirty; to defile, pollute, taint”), from Old

From Middle English sulen, sulien (“to become dirty; to defile, pollute, taint”), from Old English sylian (“to soil, pollute; to sully”), from Proto-West Germanic *sulwōn, *sulwijan (“to make dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”), perhaps conflated partially with Old French souillier (“to soil”) (modern French souiller) from the same Germanic source. The word is cognate with Danish søle (“to sully”), West Flemish seulewen (“to sully”) (Middle Dutch soluwen (“to sully”)), German sühlen (“to sully”), Old Saxon sulian (“to sully”), Swedish söla (“to sully”). Also compare Middle English sulpen (“to defile, pollute”), Old English solian (“to soil, become defiled, make or become foul”), and see more at soil.

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Формы

sullies, sullying, sullied, sullied
Базовая формаsully · to sully
3-е лицо ед. числаsullies
Причастие настоящего времениsullying
Прошедшее времяsullied
Причастие прошедшего времениsullied

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theysully
he, she, itsullies

Past simpleУрок

все лицаsullied

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave sullied
he, she, ithas sullied

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill sully

Синонимы

синонимов: 107
blurB2contaminateB2dirtyA1fileB2foulB2soilB1spotB2stainB2blameA2blazeB2cloudA1detractC2discreditB2disgraceB2
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 5
Производныеbesullysulliableunsulliedunsullyunsullying

Уроки к слову

уроков: 3

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