Usually means: Tarnishing or staining purity or reputation.
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  1. sullying: Merriam-Webster
  2. sullying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sullying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sullying: Vocabulary.com
  5. sullying: Wordnik
  6. sullying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sullying: Wiktionary
  8. sullying: Dictionary.com
  9. Sullying: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Sullying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Sullying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. sullying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. sullying: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sullying: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sullying: Legal dictionary

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  1. sullying: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  The process by which something is sullied or made dirty.

Similar:
besmirch, smirch, smear, cloud, taint, defile, asperse, slander, calumniate, denigrate, more...

Types:
staining, smudging, smearing, streaking, spotting, discoloration, more...

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Similar:
besmirch, smirch, smear, cloud, taint, defile, asperse, slander, calumniate, denigrate, more...

Types:
staining, smudging, smearing, streaking, spotting, discoloration, more...



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