Asperse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈspɜːs/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Asperse is a verb meaning To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
Meaning
To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
More Meanings
- To falsely or maliciously charge someone.
Example Sentences
a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water
If any one had taxed him with the vice, he would have indignantly repelled the accusation, and conceived himself unworthily aspersed.
It hath always been my way to baffle reproach with silence; though I cannot but observe the disingenuous proceedings of this gentleman, who is not content to asperse my writings, but hath wounded, through my sides, those eminent and worthy citizens, Mr. John Morphew, and Mr. Bernard Lintot.
Word Forms
- asperses
- aspersing
- aspersed
Synonyms for asperse
Depending on context, synonyms include libel, slander, traduce, assassinate, backbite, badmouth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smear, smirch, besmirch, sully, denigrate, slander.
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