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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) : [ devils ]
ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which
one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
--Heywood.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious
charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name;
to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his
writings; to asperse a man's character.
[1913 Webster]
With blackest crimes aspersed. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
--Heywood.
2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious
charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name;
to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his
writings; to asperse a man's character.
With blackest crimes aspersed. --Cowper.
Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
asperse
v : charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, denigrate,
calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
asperse
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la aspersus voc m s)
vb.
1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
asperse
vb.
1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
asperse
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la aspersus voc m s)
vb.
1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
asperse
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la aspersus voc m s)
vb.
1 To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2 To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
asperse
Engelska vb.
baktala
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
asperse //əˈspɜːs// //əˈspɝs//
клеветя
to falsely charge another
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
pokropit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
postříkat
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
kropit
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
[formal] [rare] jdn./etw. verunglimpfen, jdn./etw. abqualifizieren, jdn./etw. in ein schlechtes Licht rücken, jdn. diskreditieren, jdn. verächtlich machen [pej.]
Synonyms: denigrate sb./sth., disparage sb./sth.
see: denigrating, disparaging, aspersing, denigrated, disparaged, aspersed
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
klevetati, poškopiti, poškropiti, prskati, sramotiti
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
asperse /ɐspˈɜːs/
1. iftira etmek, lekelemek, çamur atmak
2. serpmek. aspersion iftira, leke. cast aspersions taş atmak, laf sokuşturmak, dokundurmak. aspersive iftira kabilinden.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "asperse":
affront, calumniate, christen, defame, denigrate, deride, immerse,
insult, libel, mock, offend, scandal, scandalize, slander, slur,
sprinkle, taunt, traduce
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 洒,中伤,诽谤;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 洒水,中伤,诽谤
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