Sully
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to soil or stain; to dirty to damage or corrupt
Stain
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A discoloured spot or area.A blemish on one's character or reputation.A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To discolour somethingTo taint or tarnish someone's character or reputationTo coat a surface with a stainTo treat a microscope specimen with a dye
Example sentence: The word 'racist' is a permanent stain against my name. It's worse than a criminal record. Some people will never forgive me. Others will accept I made a terrible mistake and recognise I have learnt from it. It's on YouTube when my kids type in their dad's name, and it comes up 'Jamie Vardy racist'. On Google, too. It's horrible.