asperse

  • 11asperse — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make defamatory statements about: backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, slur, tear down, traduce, vilify. Law: libel. Idiom: cast aspersions on. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW …

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  • 12asperse — as·perse || É™ spɜːs v. ridicule, slander, defame; sprinkle (as with holy water) …

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  • 13asperse — [ə spə:s] verb literary attack the reputation or integrity of …

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  • 14asperse — v. a. Vilify, slander, calumniate, traduce, defame, disparage, slur, censure, impugn, malign, revile, lampoon, backbite, attack, abuse, blacken, blemish, besmirch, bespatter, befoul, defile, run down, detract from, speak ill of, accuse falsely,… …

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  • 15asperse — v 1. slander, libel, traduce, calumniate, falsify, accuse falsely, misrepresent, belie, impute, insinuate; injure, abuse, assail, stab, insult, backbite, Sl. badmouth, cast aspersions, attack; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch, besmirch, soil,… …

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  • 16asperse — as·perse …

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  • 17asperse — /əˈspɜs/ (say uh spers) verb (t) (aspersed, aspersing) 1. to assail with damaging charges or insinuations; cast reproach upon; slander. 2. to sprinkle; bespatter. {Latin aspersus, past participle, sprinkled} –asperser, noun …

  • 18asperse —   v.t. slander, calumniate.    ♦ aspersion, n.; Roman Catholic, act of sprinkling holy water.    ♦ aspersive, a.    ♦ aspersory, n., aspergil …

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  • 19asperse — To defame; to slander or libel …

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  • 20asperse — v.tr. (often foll. by with) attack the reputation of; calumniate. Etymology: ME, = besprinkle, f. L aspergere aspers (as AD , spargere sprinkle) …

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