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noun

Definition of aspersingnext
as in defamation
the making of false statements that damage another's reputation she has refused to take part in the mean-spirited aspersing in which so many political candidates indulge

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aspersing

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adjective

as in insulting

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aspersing

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verb

present participle of asperse
as in smearing
to make untrue and harmful statements about how dare you asperse the character of our dedicated pastor!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspersing
  1. defamation
  2. insulting
  3. libel
  4. degrading
  5. libelous
  6. criticism
  7. discrediting
  8. demeaning
Noun
  • The campaign season featured accusations of misinformation, including a defamation lawsuit, out-of-state money, and continued the state's trend of increasingly expensive election cycles.
    Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The defamation lawsuit alleges that the newspaper did not verify the social media claims, which were false and designed to sway voters, the president’s father said in several statements.
    Reuters, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of defamation
Adjective
  • No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Why reach for the insulting explanation when a rational one will do?
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of insulting
Noun
  • Rachel Weisz played you in Denial, the movie about your being sued for libel by a Holocaust denier.
    Karl Vick, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The initial libel case related to Robinson making false accusations against a Syrian schoolboy who was attacked in an incident shared widely on social media.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of libel
Adjective
  • Read: ‘Shallow Hal’ and the never-ending fat joke Among Lost’s most degrading tropes was Hurley’s obsession with junk food.
    Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Throughout her time in Danity Kane and later Diddy-Dirty Money, Richard claims that Combs would make degrading comments about her body and physical appearance.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of degrading
Adjective
  • Newspapers also worried about potentially libelous posts.
    Mike Savino, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • And finally, modern far-right terrorists still frequently invoke the same libelous assertion that white women must be protected from licentious Black men.
    TIME, TIME, 14 May 2024
Definition of libelous
Noun
  • That criticism has sometimes veered toward threats against company executives and political figures.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • It's repeatedly faced harsh criticism over its failure to curb child abuse on the platform.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of criticism
Verb
  • Many of the conspiracy theories have prompted FEMA to create a page on its site discrediting rumors and false information about its response to Hurricane Helene.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Still, the United States didn’t recognize Haiti as a nation until 1862, during the Civil War, when American leadership was looking for any support in discrediting slavery.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of discrediting
Adjective
  • This comes after the former president's Madison Square Garden rally where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made demeaning jokes about Puerto Rico and Latinos in general.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Also, the former president has made demeaning comments about women in the past.
    Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of demeaning
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