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Definition of Asperse
1. Verb. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
Generic synonyms: Accuse, Charge
Specialized synonyms: Assassinate, Libel, Badmouth, Drag Through The Mud, Malign, Traduce
Derivative terms: Aspersion, Aspersion, Calumny, Calumny, Defamation, Defamation, Defamatory, Defamer, Denigration, Denigratory, Slander, Slander, Slanderer, Smear, Smirch
Definition of Asperse
1. v. t. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
Definition of Asperse
1. Verb. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). ¹
2. Verb. To falsely or maliciously charge another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asperse
1. to spread false charges against [v -PERSED, -PERSING, -PERSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asperse
Literary usage of Asperse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1887)
"To ask respecta simply one thing; asperse one or many subjects ; ... DETRACT,
DEFAME, SLAN- UKK, CALUMNIATE. asperse, in Lalin ..."
2. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... since conceived rather to asperse some Protestants AD1622. than conceal any
papists) cannot mount their num -- '- ber higher than two hundred fifty and ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... he thought was a great reproach and scandal upon the king, from a man so
obliged and trusted, who ought not to asperse his master in that manner. ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"If one goes out of his way to asperse the personal character of a public man and
to ascribe to him base and corrupt motives he must do so at his peril ..."
5. Crabb's English Synonyms by George. Crabb (1917)
"asperse and detract mark an indirect representation; defame, slander, ...
To asperse is to fix a moral stain on a character; to detract is to lessen its ..."
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