The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TAINTS , but the solution may also be STAINS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Sullies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAINTS | 33 % | 6 |
| SMEARS | 18 % | 6 |
| STAINS | 9 % | 6 |
| SOILS | 9 % | 5 |
| TARNISHES | 6 % | 9 |
| ASPERSES | 6 % | 8 |
| ATTAINTS | 3 % | 8 |
| DEBAUCHES | 3 % | 9 |
| BLOTS | 3 % | 5 |
| IMBRUES | 3 % | 7 |
| SMUTS | 3 % | 5 |
| LIBELS | 3 % | 6 |
Why may STAINS be the right solution?
The word "sullies" is a verb that means to make something dirty or tarnished. "Stains" is the correct answer because it is a synonym for making something dirty or leaving a mark that is difficult to remove.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sullies
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- taints
- tarnishes
- blackens
- destroys
- undermines
- overshadows
- cheapens
- debases
- diminishes
- besmirches
- embarrasses
- demeans
Crossword Answer definitions
TAINTS noun- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
- Tincture; hue; colour
- Infection; corruption; deprivation
- A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
- To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- To spoil (food) by contamination.
- To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
- To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- The perineum.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TAINTS
More clues leading to the result SMEARS
- Microscope-slide samples
- Lopsided victories
- Faulty applications?
- Bad-mouths
- Campaign materials?
- Slanders
- Campaign mud
- Defamations
- Vilifies
- Defames
More clues leading to the result STAINS
- Washday woes
- Besmirches
- Spots
- They get taken to the cleaners
- Sign of a bib's use
- Laundry woes
- Discolorations
- Blemishes
- Laundry problems
- Dyes for wood
More clues leading to the result SOILS
- Disgraces
- Potting needs
- Garden varieties?
- Greenhouse stuff
- Ruins, as a reputation
- Renders unclean
- Potting mixtures
- Dirties
- Agronomists' concerns
- Besmirches
More clues leading to the result TARNISHES
More clues leading to the result ASPERSES
More clues leading to the result ATTAINTS
More clues leading to the result DEBAUCHES
More clues leading to the result BLOTS
- LSD units
- Rorschach test fodder
- They may be interpreted in a shrink's office
- Ink-spill leftovers
- Reputation demerits
- Soaks up, as a spill
- Discoloring stains
- Uses Bounty, for example
- Ink stains
- Blemishes
More clues leading to the result IMBRUES
More clues leading to the result SMUTS
- Boer leader
- South African statesman Jan
- Former S. African leader
- Notable South African
- South African statesman
- WW II South African prime minister
- Taints with soot
- Head of Union of South Africa.
- Prime Minister of U. S. A.
- Recent host to British royalty.