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asperse
Overview of verb asperse
The verb asperse has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch -- (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 reputation")
Antonyms of verb asperse
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb asperse
1 sense of asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> charge, accuse
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb asperse
1 sense of asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> assassinate
=> libel
=> badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb asperse
1 sense of asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> charge, accuse
'Cause To' of verb asperse
Derived Forms of verb asperse
1 sense of asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
RELATED TO>(noun) aspersion#1
=> aspersion, slur
RELATED TO>(noun) aspersion#2
=> aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration
Domain of verb asperse
Domain Terms of verb asperse
Familiarity of verb asperse
asperse used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb asperse
1 sense of asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb asperse
1 sense of asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
> charge, accuse
=> blame, fault
=> accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
=> defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> indict
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb asperse
Sense 1
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
=> charge, accuse
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Grep of verb asperse
asperse
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