sullow

Synonyms of sullow

• befoul
• defile
• sowl
• beclart
• bedirty
• bedizen
• begrime
• beshit
• besmear
• besmirch

All synonyms of sullow

Forms of sullow

Origin of sullow

From Middle English sulwen, solwen, solewen, variant of Middle English sulien (“to sully”), or representing an unrecorded Old English *solgian (“to soil, sully”), related to Old High German solagōn (“to soil, sully, make dirty”). More at sully.

From Middle English solow, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare Latin sulcus (“furrow”), Tocharian B sälk (“to pull out”), Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”), ὁλκός (holkós, “draft”), Albanian hulli (“furrow”), heq (“take away, drag”) dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ (hełg, “slow-going, lagging”)).

Words that rhyme with sullow

• nullo

Questions about sullow

What does sullow mean?

Sullow means to sully.

What part of speech is sullow?

Sullow can be a verb or a noun.

How do you pronounce sullow?

Sullow is pronounced /ˈsʌləʊ/.

What is the past tense of sullow?

The past tense of sullow is sullowed.