Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to asperse
Participle: aspersed
Gerund: aspersing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | asperse |
| you | asperse |
| he;she;it | asperses |
| we | asperse |
| you | asperse |
| they | asperse |
Perfect
| I | have aspersed |
| you | have aspersed |
| he;she;it | has aspersed |
| we | have aspersed |
| you | have aspersed |
| they | have aspersed |
Past
| I | aspersed |
| you | aspersed |
| he;she;it | aspersed |
| we | aspersed |
| you | aspersed |
| they | aspersed |
Pluperfect
| I | had aspersed |
| you | had aspersed |
| he;she;it | had aspersed |
| we | had aspersed |
| you | had aspersed |
| they | had aspersed |
Future
| I | will asperse |
| you | will asperse |
| he;she;it | will asperse |
| we | will asperse |
| you | will asperse |
| they | will asperse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have aspersed |
| you | will have aspersed |
| he;she;it | will have aspersed |
| we | will have aspersed |
| you | will have aspersed |
| they | will have aspersed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | asperse |
| you | asperse |
| he;she;it | asperse |
| we | asperse |
| you | asperse |
| they | asperse |
Perfect
| I | have aspersed |
| you | have aspersed |
| he;she;it | have aspersed |
| we | have aspersed |
| you | have aspersed |
| they | have aspersed |
Imperfect
| I | aspersed |
| you | aspersed |
| he;she;it | aspersed |
| we | aspersed |
| you | aspersed |
| they | aspersed |
Pluperfect
| I | had aspersed |
| you | had aspersed |
| he;she;it | had aspersed |
| we | had aspersed |
| you | had aspersed |
| they | had aspersed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would asperse |
| you | would asperse |
| he;she;it | would asperse |
| we | would asperse |
| you | would asperse |
| they | would asperse |
Perfect
| I | would have aspersed |
| you | would have aspersed |
| he;she;it | would have aspersed |
| we | would have aspersed |
| you | would have aspersed |
| they | would have aspersed |
Imperative
| you | asperse |
| we | Let's asperse |
| you | asperse |
Verbs conjugated like 'asperse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'asperse'
asperge,
asperne,
sperse,
absterse,
adverse,
appease,
asperate,
aspire,
averse,
disperse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
- malign
- assail, abuse, berate, insult, libel, defame, denounce, disparage
Antonyms
- malign
- praise, laud, applaud, extol
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.
Sample Sentences
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a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water [2004, Derek Walcott, The Prodigal, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, page 102:]
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It hath always been my way to baffle reproach with silence; though I cannot but observe the disingenuous proceedings of this gentleman, who is not content to asperse my writings, but hath wounded, through my sides, those eminent and worthy citizens, Mr. John Morphew, and Mr. Bernard Lintot. [1710 April 28 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [pseudonym; Joseph Addison; Richard Steele], “Monday, April 18, 1710”, in The Tatler, number 160; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume II, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC, page 409:]
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1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 8, Chapter 8, pp. 126-127,
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This is indeed a most aggravating Circumstance, which attends unjustly depriving Men of their Reputation; for a Man who is Conscious of having an ill Character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise those that affect his Conversation, unless where a perfect Intimacy must have convinced them that their Friend’s Character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.
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If any one had taxed him with the vice, he would have indignantly repelled the accusation, and conceived himself unworthily aspersed. [1844, Charles Dickens, chapter 32, in Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, page 394:]