sullying

Meaning of sullying

verb
  1. To soil or stain; to dirty.
    He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
  2. To corrupt or damage.
    She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.
  3. (intransitive ) To become soiled or tarnished.

noun

The process by which something is sullied or made dirty.

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Hyphenation of sullying

sul-ly-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • sullying is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

sullying synonyms

Meaning :

sowl

Words that rhyme with sullying

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