Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.2. (v. t.) 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 man's character. Thesaurus affront calumniate christen defame denigrate deride immerse insult libel mock offend scandal scandalize slander slur sprinkle taunt traduce |
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