English-Thai Dictionary

aspersion

N การกล่าวหา ใส่ร้าย  kan-klao-har-sai-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASPERSION

n. 1. A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in a literal sense.
2. The spreading of calumnious reports or charges, which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASPERSION

As *per "sion, n. Etym: [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion. ]

 

1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. Grote.Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aspersion

as per sion |əˈspərZHən əˈspərʒən | ▶noun (usu. aspersions ) an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something: I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the sprinkling of water, esp. at baptism ): from Latin aspersio (n- ), from aspergere (see asperse ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

aspersion

aspersion |əˈspəːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun (usu. aspersions ) an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something: I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the sprinkling of water, especially at baptism ): from Latin aspersio (n- ), from aspergere (see asperse ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

aspersions

aspersions plural noun PHRASES cast aspersions on in saying this, I do not mean to cast aspersions on the Senator: vilify, disparage, denigrate, defame, run down, impugn, belittle, criticize, condemn, decry, denounce, pillory; malign, slander, libel, discredit; informal pull apart, throw mud at, knock, badmouth, dis.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

aspersions

aspersions plural noun he claimed he could prove the aspersions groundless: vilification, disparagement, denigration, defamation, defamation of character, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, flak, deprecation, opprobrium, obloquy, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, slurs, smears, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, slights, curses; informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing; Brit. informal stick, verbal, slagging off; archaic contumely; rare animadversion, objurgation. PHRASES cast aspersions on I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you: vilify, disparage, denigrate, defame, run down, impugn, revile, berate, belittle, abuse, insult, slight, attack, speak badly of, speak ill of, speak evil of, pour scorn on, criticize, censure, condemn, decry, denounce, pillory, lambaste; fulminate against, rail against, inveigh against, malign, slander, libel, conduct a smear campaign against, spread lies about, blacken the name /reputation of, sully the reputation of, give someone a bad name, bring into disrepute, discredit, stigmatize, traduce, calumniate, slur; informal bad-mouth, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, throw mud at, drag through the mud, slate, have a go at, hit out at, jump on, lay into, tear into, knock, slam, pan, bash, hammer, roast, skewer, bad-mouth, throw brickbats at; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off; N. Amer. informal pummel, dump on; Austral. /NZ informal bag, monster; archaic contemn; rare derogate, vituperate, asperse, vilipend.

 

Duden Dictionary

Aspersion

As per si on Substantiv, feminin , die |Aspersi o n |lateinisch ; »das Anspritzen «das Besprengen mit Weihwasser

 

Spanish Dictionary

aspersión

aspersión nombre femenino Acción de asperger (esparcir un líquido en gotas muy finas ):muchos campos y jardines se riegan por aspersión; el rito iniciático comprendía una aspersión con la sangre de un animal muerto en ese mismo instante .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

aspersion

as per sion /əspə́ː r ʒ (ə )n |-ʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗中傷 ; 誹謗 （ひぼう ）▸ cast aspersions on A Aを中傷する .