aspersion

[ UK /ɐspˈɜːʃən/ ]
[ US /əˈspɝʒən/ ]

NOUN

the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
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

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Then up and spak 'the Duke, and flyted on his cook, I regard it as a sensible aspersion, That I would sup ava', an 'satiate my maw, With the bluid of ony clan of my aversion. David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped.
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.
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.
Aspersions were also cast over his longevity at the highest level of the game.
My sincere apologies if you feel this casts aspersions upon your grandfather, and in charity I must add that he was a child of his unreflectingly materialist age.

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