bɪˈfaʊl klaʊd kəˈɹʌpt steɪn ˈsʌli

ˈtɑɹnɪʃ spot, stain, or pollute The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man place under suspicion or cast doubt upon sully someone's reputation a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)