1. made dirty or stained; tarnished or damaged in reputation or purity

Examples

• His once-pristine reputation was now sullied by the scandal.
• The white dress was sullied with mud stains.
• She refused to let her good name be sullied by false accusations.
• The politician’s sullied image made reelection unlikely.
• Years of neglect had left the monument sullied and forgotten.
• The company’s sullied reputation affected sales for months.