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Synonyms for sullied

  • adjective

Most common

unclean dingy feculent

All synonyms

Adjective

dirty, unclean, dingy, feculent

Antonyms

unsullied, pure, immaculate

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Stained, soiled.

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Sullied or Tarnished?

Bright metal is tarnished by exposure; a fair sheet is sullied by a dirty hand.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • unclean What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.
  • dingy Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sulliedrising
uncleanrising
dingyrising
feculentrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
dirty2, dingy2
7 letters
unclean2
8 letters
feculent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).