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Words related to aspersion

Related / Similar Words: sprinkling, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration, slur

Definition:

the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare);

an abusive attack on a person''s character or good name;

a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man''s sensitivity to any slur on his virility";

Hyponyms: ethnic slur

Derivational Morphology: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch, slur

Anagrams: Persoonia

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