Synonyms of sullying

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noun

as in contamination

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contamination
• tarnishing
• pollution
• debasement
• perversion
• desecration
• corruption
• blasphemy
• defilement
• profanation
• violation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purification
• restoration
• cleansing
• regeneration
• grace
• salvation
• redemption
• sanctification
• rebirth

sullying

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verb

present participle of sully

as in staining

to make dirty

people that sully our state parks with their trash

a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staining
• blackening
• dirtying
• besmirching
• soiling
• messing
• mucking
• muddying
• befouling
• smudging
• polluting
• miring
• contaminating
• daubing
• tainting
• fouling
• griming
• smirching
• distaining
• defiling
• begriming
• gauming
• bemiring
• discoloring
• muddling
• dishevelling
• disordering
• disarranging
• jumbling
• disheveling
• draggling
• disarraying
• confusing
• crocking
• collying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaning
• cleansing
• purifying
• purging
• wiping
• decontaminating
• sweeping
• disinfecting
• sanitizing
• washing
• scrubbing
• brushing
• rinsing
• scouring
• dusting
• renewing
• mopping
• laundering
• brightening
• freshening
• straightening (up)
• dry-cleaning
• deodorizing
• tidying (up)
• sprucing (up)