asperse
verb (used with object)
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
asperser
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a word derived from
asperse.
Example Sentences
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"Thou liest in thy teeth, ruffian!" cried the young noble, advancing into the press and confronting the last asperser of the Colonna.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
