asperse
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
to sprinkle; bespatter.
Origin of asperse
1Other words for asperse
Other words from asperse
- as·pers·er, noun
- as·per·sive, adjective
- as·per·sive·ly, adverb
- un·as·persed, adjective
- un·as·per·sive, adjective
Words Nearby asperse
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use asperse in a sentence
I don't wish to asperse the fellow, but he does have a background as a Republican staffer and operative.
As for the company at the Wells, he would challenge every man at Epsom, if necessary, if he should dare to asperse his bravery.
The Chaplain of the Fleet | Walter Besant and James RiceWe were not long in finding who it was that had been so base as to asperse the character of a family so harmless as ours.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. | Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. HammertonEverything that rancour, low wit, and deplorable ignorance could conceive to asperse my government, was put in execution.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Rudolph Erich RaspeSuperior excellence is the general mark for calumny; and envy is usually led to asperse what it cannot imitate.
Alida | Amelia Stratton Comfield
Wait until your honest Evan comes back before you venture to asperse his lordship's deputy.'
The Making of William Edwards | Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
British Dictionary definitions for asperse
/ (əˈspɜːs) /
to spread false rumours about; defame
rare to sprinkle, as with water in baptism
Origin of asperse
1Derived forms of asperse
- asperser, noun
- aspersive, adjective
- aspersively, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse