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UK
/ɐspˈɜːʃən/
]
[ US /əˈspɝʒən/ ]
[ US /əˈspɝʒən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
- an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
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a disparaging remark
it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility
in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion
How To Use aspersion In A Sentence
- Criticism of a verdict which casts aspersions on the integrity of jurors may, of course, attract libel actions on that score.
- Criticism of a verdict which casts aspersions on the integrity of jurors may, of course, attract libel actions on that score.
- They were roundly subjected to insults, smutty comments and had a multitude of aspersions cast about their manhood for the duration of their walk around the town.
- He said there was an increasing tendency among some people to cast aspersions on the board when they didn't get the decision they wanted.
- Then again, now that I'm spending my days obsessing about a man I've more or less invented, I'm hardly one to cast aspersions on other people's productivity.
- in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion
- aspersions" it cast upon them, and begged that such might be "forborne for the future. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649
- asked Hunter, resenting the aspersions that Yoller was casting on his culture and his way of life. THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
- But they also cast aspersions on women who choose prostitution as a profession, and did not mention the men.
- It irritates me that so many people are not even giving the young woman the benefit of the doubt, and are casting aspersions on her character and impugning her credibility, based on no, or the very flimsiest of, evidence.
