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I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.
Morley Safer

Meaning of "sullied" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SULLIED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SULLIED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sullied is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sullied in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SULLIED

PRESENT

Present
I sully
you sully
he/she/it sullies
we sully
you sully
they sully
Present continuous
I am sullying
you are sullying
he/she/it is sullying
we are sullying
you are sullying
they are sullying
Present perfect
I have sullied
you have sullied
he/she/it has sullied
we have sullied
you have sullied
they have sullied
Present perfect continuous
I have been sullying
you have been sullying
he/she/it has been sullying
we have been sullying
you have been sullying
they have been sullying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sullied
you sullied
he/she/it sullied
we sullied
you sullied
they sullied
Past continuous
I was sullying
you were sullying
he/she/it was sullying
we were sullying
you were sullying
they were sullying
Past perfect
I had sullied
you had sullied
he/she/it had sullied
we had sullied
you had sullied
they had sullied
Past perfect continuous
I had been sullying
you had been sullying
he/she/it had been sullying
we had been sullying
you had been sullying
they had been sullying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sully
you will sully
he/she/it will sully
we will sully
you will sully
they will sully
Future continuous
I will be sullying
you will be sullying
he/she/it will be sullying
we will be sullying
you will be sullying
they will be sullying
Future perfect
I will have sullied
you will have sullied
he/she/it will have sullied
we will have sullied
you will have sullied
they will have sullied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sullying
you will have been sullying
he/she/it will have been sullying
we will have been sullying
you will have been sullying
they will have been sullying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sullied
you would sullied
he/she/it would sullied
we would sullied
you would sullied
they would sullied
Conditional continuous
I would be sullying
you would be sullying
he/she/it would be sullying
we would be sullying
you would be sullying
they would be sullying
Conditional perfect
I would have sullied
you would have sullied
he/she/it would have sullied
we would have sullied
you would have sullied
they would have sullied
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sullying
you would have been sullying
he/she/it would have been sullying
we would have been sullying
you would have been sullying
they would have been sullying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sully
we let´s sully
you sully
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sully
Past participle
sullied
Present Participle
sullying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SULLIED

sulkily
sulkiness
sulky
Sulla
sullage
sullen
sullenly
sullenness
sullens
sulliable
sullies
Sullivan
Sullom Voe
sully
Sully-Prudhomme
sulpha drug
sulphacetamide
sulphadiazine
sulphadoxine
sulphanilamide

WORDS THAT END LIKE SULLIED

allied
applied
bellied
bullied
collied
dallied
dilly-dallied
dollied
gollied
gullied
interallied
jellied
jollied
pot-bellied
rallied
sallied
skellied
tallied
unallied
unsullied
yellow-bellied

Synonyms and antonyms of sullied in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SULLIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sullied» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sullied

Translation of «sullied» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SULLIED

Find out the translation of sullied to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sullied from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sullied» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玷污
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mancillado
570 millions of speakers

English

sullied
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sullied
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طخت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запятнала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maculado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলঙ্কিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souillé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengejek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

befleckt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더럽 혔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sullied
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bôi nhọ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கறைபடிந்ததாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sullied
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sullied
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macchiata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skalane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заплямувала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pătat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμαυρωθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sullied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sullied
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

besudlet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sullied

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SULLIED»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SULLIED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sullied

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2 QUOTES WITH «SULLIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sullied.
1
Saint Ambrose
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.
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Morley Safer
I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SULLIED»

Discover the use of sullied in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sullied and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare's times, ...
Or are we to consider sallied as a misprint for sullied and boldly indulge in emendation? The traditional reading is the solid of the Folio, but J. Dover Wilson has offered a vigorous defence of sullied. This, he argues, is what Shakespeare wrote, ...
Catherine M. S. Alexander, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 11 - ...
It appears from textual study that the original word intended in the early quartos of Hamlet, the first quartos, was not "solid" but "sullied"; that is to say, he was referring to flesh that had become soiled, not to the solidity of his flesh. The following ...
Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, 1974
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The Manuscript of Shakeseapre's Hamlet and the Problems of ...
1 Hen. VI, 44.6. Hath sullied all his gloss of former honour. Wives, 2. 1. 1 02— 3. sully the chariness of our honesty. L.L.L. 5.2.351-2. Now by my maiden honour, yet as pure As the unsullied lily. Ham. 2.1.39. "^ou laying these slight sullies on ...
4
Poems of the Goat
Chūya Nakahara. For Allu'this Sullied Sadness For allu'this sullied sadness — The snow is falling gently again today For allu'this sullied sadness — Even a breeze is blowing through again today Allu'this sullied sadness — As in the fur coat of ...
Chūya Nakahara, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Second ...
It appears from textual study that the original word intended in the early quartos of Hamlet, the first quartos, was not "solid" but "sullied"; that is to say, he was referring to flesh that had become soiled, not to the solidity of his flesh. The following ...
Miriam Drake, 2003
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Shakespeare and the Triple Play: From Study to Stage to ...
"Sallied" is the reading of the quartos, and Fredson Bowers has claimed that it is a legitimate variant of "sullied."21 Tennyson, though he preferred "solid," noted that "sullied" is appropriate in its suggestion that Hamlet has been contaminated  ...
Sidney Homan, 1988
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The Absent Shakespeare
C; usually emended, as in the Pelican Shakespeare version, 1.2.129, to "sullied") . In the Folio, Hamlet's flesh is "too too solid" (FF.1.2: 313). Shakespeare, revising, wished to dissolve not Hamlet's disgust but his reality in the stage action.
Mark Jay Mirsky, 1994
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Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare: The Discipline of Criticism
John Dover Wilson was the first to establish textual authority for "sullied," a conjecture from the nineteenth century. Arguing that "sullied" was a variant spelling of "sallied" in Q.2, he explains that " 'sullied flesh' is the key to the soliloquy and tells ...
Edward Tomarken, 2009
9
Cultivating Original Enlightenment: Wŏnhyo's Exposition of ...
If the unwholesome mind is extinguished and unabiding, thoughtmoment after thoughtmoment, one will never be sullied by defilements. If one is never sullied by defilements, defilements will not touch the mind, and the mind will not be touched ...
Wŏnhyo, 2007
10
Hamlet Closely Observed
Our understanding of this resentment depends on our grasping Hamlet's own interpretation of his situation, as it appears in the speech he makes after the King and company have withdrawn: O that this too too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw ...
Martin Dodsworth, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SULLIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sullied is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bashir fiasco sullied SA's reputation – opposition parties
Bashir fiasco sullied SA's reputation – opposition parties. 24 Jun 2015 07:58 Thulani Gqirana. Parliament's opposition are in a rare agreement: SA embarrassed ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 15»
2
Why Planet Coaster isn't called Coaster Tycoon: "The word has …
... spiritual successor - so why doesn't it say Tycoon in the name? “The word tycoon has been so sullied over the years,” said Frontier PR head Michael Gapper. «PCGamesN, Jun 15»
3
A sport sullied
The sweeping indictment of soccer officials by the US and Swiss authorities, and a day later of the governing body itself, is the surest sign of what the world's ... «The Asian Age, May 15»
4
Your daily 6: Soccer sullied, Santorum joins and a selfie a day for 16 …
Claims of corruption and bribery are giving FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, a black eye. Swiss officials have arrested some FIFA officials and ... «STLtoday.com, May 15»
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Kathleen Parker: Muhammad cartoon contest sullied the principle of …
... Baptist Church's virulently anti-gay message – and Florida's Quran-burning pastor Terry Jones – has the principle of free speech been so sullied and abused. «Press Herald, May 15»
6
McGovern: Tom Brady could sue over sullied rep
Tom Brady's reputation has been tarnished, and if the New England Patriots quarterback wants to fight back, he could take everyone involved in the ... «Boston Herald, May 15»
7
Sullied on Unsullied: Is Cersei afraid of Margaery?
Each week, the panelists at WiC Live chew over the latest episode of Game of Thrones and put their opinions on video so book-readers can watch them and ... «Winter Is Coming, May 15»
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Upper East Siders Don't Want Neighborhood Sullied By Apple Store
The Upper East Side has been in a sad spiral for several years now, filling up with sad young people with no social lives. With NYC slowly turning into "Moscow ... «Gothamist, May 15»
9
An epic sports event in part sullied by one of the fighters
I would love to be totally juiced and consumed by the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight on Saturday night because there may not be anything like it for a long time. «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
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FAA is sampling toilet paper that fell from sky onto sullied Pa. town
It rained used toilet paper Monday morning in West Pittston, Pa., prompting many residents to point to the sky and blame a plane passing overhead as the dirty ... «PennLive.com, Apr 15»

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