aspersion
aspersion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. Grote. Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- anathema
- bad
- ban
- bark
- billingsgate
- bite
- commination
- curse
- denunciation
- disapprobation
- disparagement
- evil
- excommunication
- execration
- foul
- fulmination
- imprecation
- invective
- language
- malediction
- malison
- maranatha
- more
- oath
- profane
- proscription
- reproach
- ribaldry
- rude
- sauce
- scurrility
- speaking
- strong
- swearing
- than
- the
- threat
- unparliamentary
- vilification
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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