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Sullied vs Smutted - What's the difference?

sullied | smutted |

As verbs the difference between sullied and smutted

is that sullied is (sully) while smutted is (smut).

As an adjective sullied

is defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.

sullied

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.
  • Antonyms

    * unsullied

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sully)
  • smutted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (smut)

  • smut

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Soot.
  • (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
  • (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
  • * Addison
  • He does not stand upon decency but will talk smut , though a priest and his mother be in the room.
  • (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
  • Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
  • (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
  • Synonyms

    * (soot) filth * (sexually vulgar or pornographic material) filth * (promiscuous woman) slut

    Derived terms

    * corn smut * smutty

    Verb

  • To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
  • To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
  • (Mortimer)
  • To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • To clear of the smut fungus.
  • to smut grain for the mill

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