sullied
adjUK /ˈsʌliːd/ · US /ˈsʌlid/
Etymology From sully + -ied (suffix forming participial adjectives and past participal forms of verbs ending in -y).
1
Stained, soiled.
2
Figuratively Defiled, tainted.
- O that this too too ſallied fleſh vvould melt, / Thavv and reſolue it ſelfe into a devve, […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], signature C, recto:
- Antonyms
- unsullied