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 …
12asperse — as·perse || É™ spÉœËs v. ridicule, slander, defame; sprinkle (as with holy water) …
13asperse — [ə spə:s] verb literary attack the reputation or integrity of …
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,… …
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,… …
16asperse — as·perse …
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 …
19asperse — To defame; to slander or libel …
20asperse — v.tr. (often foll. by with) attack the reputation of; calumniate. Etymology: ME, = besprinkle, f. L aspergere aspers (as AD , spargere sprinkle) …