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Definition of asperse in English: asperseverb əˈspəːsəˈspərs [with object]literary Attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of. 〈罕〉诽谤，中伤；破坏名誉 he aspersed the place and its inhabitants 他抨击了这个地方以及这里的居民。 Example sentencesExamples - The first approach, ‘Teaching for commitment’ or the confessional approach was traditionally used in ancient churches and has since been aspersed as promoting indoctrination.
- He was severely reprimanded by the court, for aggravating his guilt by aspersing the character of a woman of remarkable virtue and piety, whom he had cruelly deprived of life.
- Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
- We are bound to defend those whom we hear aspersed, and who are spoken unworthily of by the persons whom we incidentally encounter.
- Please be assured that I will not tolerate myself, or my hard-working co-workers to be unjustly aspersed.
Synonyms belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, deflate, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate
OriginLate 15th century (in the sense 'spatter with liquid'): from Latin aspers- 'sprinkled', from the verb aspergere, from ad- 'to' + spargere 'sprinkle'. Rhymesamerce, averse, biodiverse, burse, coerce, converse, curse, diverse, Erse, hearse, immerse, intersperse, nurse, perse, perverse, purse, reimburse, submerse, terce, terse, transverse, verse, worse Definition of asperse in US English: asperseverbəˈspərsəˈspərs [with object]literary Attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of. 〈罕〉诽谤，中伤；破坏名誉 he aspersed the place and its inhabitants 他抨击了这个地方以及这里的居民。 Example sentencesExamples - The first approach, ‘Teaching for commitment’ or the confessional approach was traditionally used in ancient churches and has since been aspersed as promoting indoctrination.
- Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
- He was severely reprimanded by the court, for aggravating his guilt by aspersing the character of a woman of remarkable virtue and piety, whom he had cruelly deprived of life.
- We are bound to defend those whom we hear aspersed, and who are spoken unworthily of by the persons whom we incidentally encounter.
- Please be assured that I will not tolerate myself, or my hard-working co-workers to be unjustly aspersed.
Synonyms belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, deflate, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate
OriginLate 15th century (in the sense ‘spatter with liquid’): from Latin aspers- ‘sprinkled’, from the verb aspergere, from ad- ‘to’ + spargere ‘sprinkle’. |