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An attack on someone's or something's reputation or good name; often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon....
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calumny, slander, aspersion, calumniousness, character assassination, defamation, detraction, disparagement, libel, obloquy, traducement, vilification
Antonyms: none provided
A sprinkling, especially of holy water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sprinkling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: baptism
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calumny, slander, defamation, denigration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attack
a disparaging remark
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slur
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disparagement, depreciation, derogation
Narrower terms: ethnic slur
From Latin aspersiōnem, from aspersiō (“sprinkling”).
Across languages
Translations 33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech :
očernění
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Dutch :
beschimping
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Dutch :
belediging
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Finnish :
panettelu
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
German :
Verleumdung
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
German :
abfällige Bemerkung
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Italian :
diffamazione
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Italian :
calunnia
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Italian :
disdoro
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Māori :
tīkai
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Norwegian Bokmål :
baktalelse
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Norwegian Bokmål :
bakvaskelse
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Persian :
افترا
(efterâ)
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Russian :
клевета́
(klevetá)
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Serbo-Croatian :
blaćenje
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Serbo-Croatian :
kaljanje
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Spanish :
calumnia
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Spanish :
desdoro
— an attack on somebody's reputation or good name
Czech :
očernění
— a sprinkling of holy water
Czech :
křivé obvinění
— a sprinkling of holy water
Dutch :
besprenkeling
— a sprinkling of holy water
German :
Aspersion
— a sprinkling of holy water
German :
Besprengung
— a sprinkling of holy water
Italian :
aspersione
— a sprinkling of holy water
Norwegian Bokmål :
bestenkning (med vievann)
— a sprinkling of holy water
Polish :
aspersja
— a sprinkling of holy water
Portuguese :
aspersão
— a sprinkling of holy water
Russian :
окропле́ние
(okroplénije)
— a sprinkling of holy water
Serbo-Croatian :
škropljenje
— a sprinkling of holy water
Spanish :
aspersión
— a sprinkling of holy water
Spanish :
hisopada
— a sprinkling of holy water
Spanish :
hisopazo
— a sprinkling of holy water
Spanish :
hisopadura
— a sprinkling of holy water
