meaning of asperse
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
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 mans character.
3. 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
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Related Words
asperse | aspersed | asperser |
