To soil; to dirt; to spot; to tarnish. And statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.

To tarnish; to darken. Let there be no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.

To stain; to tarnish; as the purity of reputation; as virtues sullied by slanders; character sullied by infamous vices.

To be soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.

Soil, tarnish; spot. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies on his reputation.