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Sully vs Dim - What's the difference?

sully | dim | Related terms |

Sully is a related term of dim.


As a verb sully

is to soil or stain; to dirty.

As a proper noun dim is

tue (tuesday).

sully

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

  • to soil or stain; to dirty
    • He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
  • * Roscommon
    • statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke
  • to damage or corrupt
    • He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
  • * Atterbury
    • no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity
  • To become soiled or tarnished.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.

    dim

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) (l)
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