unsully

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verb

To make clean (something formerly sullied).

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Meanings

verbunsully (third-person singular simple present unsullies, present participle unsullying, simple past and past participle unsullied)

present singular third person unsullies · participle present unsullying · participle past unsullied · past unsullied

  1. transitiveTo make clean (something formerly sullied).

    The footage of the interviews available at the Museum of Television and Radio includes the commercials, many of which have the strange subliminal effect of reminding us that we are watching a man try to unsully himself.

    2007 April 26, Ginia Bellafante, “The Medium, the Message, the Drama of TV’s Q & A”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + sully.

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APA

unsully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsully

MLA

“unsully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsully. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsully,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsully.

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