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Meaning of "aspersive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASPERSIVE

aspersive  [əˈspɜːsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASPERSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aspersive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ASPERSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of aspersive in the English dictionary

The definition of aspersive in the dictionary is tending to spread false rumours; defamatory.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASPERSIVE


aversive
əˈvɜːsɪv
coercive
kəʊˈɜːsɪv
cursive
ˈkɜːsɪv
decursive
dɪˈkɜːsɪv
detersive
dɪˈtɜːsɪv
discursive
dɪˈskɜːsɪv
dispersive
dɪˈspɜːsɪv
excursive
ɪkˈskɜːsɪv
extraversive
ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːsɪv
extroversive
ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːsɪv
immersive
ɪˈmɜːsɪv
incursive
ɪnˈkɜːsɪv
inversive
ɪnˈvɜːsɪv
noncoercive
ˌnɒnkəʊˈɜːsɪv
nondiscursive
ˌnɒndɪˈskɜːsɪv
nondispersive
ˌnɒndɪˈspɜːsɪv
perversive
pəˈvɜːsɪv
precursive
priːˈkɜːsɪv
recursive
rɪˈkɜːsɪv
subversive
səbˈvɜːsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASPERSIVE

aspergill
aspergilla
aspergilli
aspergilloses
aspergillosis
aspergillum
aspergillus
asperities
asperity
aspermia
asperous
asperse
asperser
aspersion
aspersions
aspersively
aspersoir
aspersoria
aspersorium
aspersory

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASPERSIVE

abstersive
aggressive
antisubversive
comprehensive
corsive
discoursive
endorsive
excessive
exclusive
expensive
extensive
extorsive
impressive
inclusive
intensive
massive
offensive
on the defensive
progressive
torsive

Synonyms and antonyms of aspersive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aspersive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASPERSIVE

Find out the translation of aspersive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aspersive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aspersive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

aspersive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aspersive
570 millions of speakers

English

aspersive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aspersive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

aspersive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

aspersive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aspersive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aspersive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aspersive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aspersif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verleumderisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

aspersive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

aspersive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aspersive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aspersive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aspersive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aspersive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aspersive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aspersive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

aspersive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aspersive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

aspersive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aspersive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aspersive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aspersive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aspersive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASPERSIVE»

The term «aspersive» is normally little used and occupies the 139.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASPERSIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aspersive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aspersive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aspersive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASPERSIVE»

Discover the use of aspersive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aspersive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
West's California reporter
[to criticize the conduct of public officers] does not warrant aspersive attack on the motives or character of the officer." (P. 328, 264 P. 805.) _j_The foregoing quoted expression was dictum, for the court held that the allegedly libelous statements ...
2
Reports of Cases Determined in the District Courts of Appeal ...
[9] It is argued that the court erred in instructions respecting "aspersive attack" on public officers and in denying "(any) right wrongfully to impute dishonesty" to such officers. The instruction complained of in this connection is stated by appellant, ...
3
Lok Sabha Debates
SPEAKER: Reasoning is all right, but you cannot be aspersive on the Chair. That I cannot tolerate. If Shri Jyotirmoy Bosu withdraws the words, he can speak. MR. SPEAKER: Whatever be my ruling, if hon. Members want to submit that I should ...
India. Parliament. House of the People, India. Parliament. Lok Sabha, 1973
4
Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen: From Alfred the ...
... of the crimination were ill-founded, aspersive, and malicious; that the various publications of the times contained the most unwarrantable observations on his conduct, and that the press daily teemed with the most gross libels upon every part ...
George Godfrey Cunningham, 1837
5
American Indian Medicine
We have amongst the Inhabitants, a Water that is inwardly a great Aspersive, and outwardly, cures Ulcers, Tetters and Sores by washing therewith.”542 As we have seen, these Indians required that wounded patients drink “fountain water.
Virgil J. Vogel, 2013
6
Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates During the ... Session of ...
... is, they blush to add, attempted to be justified by imputations aspersive of their morality as Christians, and allegiance as subjects, their enemies, and the enemies of the edifice, would fain blot from the page of history, and from the recollection ...
Great Britain. Parliament, William Cobbett, 1812
7
The Beatitudes: Or, a Discourse Upon Part of Christ's Famous ...
By this persOns-'may try their Adoption; ' pit appears-'plainly that they 'are not the chil' dren of God', who hate those that aretbtrn of -'Gatl; they-soil and black the silver wi s of Christs Dove's, by their"v aspersive reproa es; they'cann'ot endure ...
Thomas Watson, 1671
8
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Corpulency is a state much and most wrongly stigmatized. It is considered as degrading, despicable, end in a measure infamous, by the refined of habit, and sore deprecated by all of gentle birth. This is aspersive and ridiculous, to say the very ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1833
9
Hidden Treasure: Jesus's Message of Transformation
Actually, if there is any aspersive intent, it is toward the one who tries to satisfy his own ego by indiscriminately displaying his knowledge. To “give that which is holy unto the dogs” or to “cast pearls before swine” portrays the one so doing as ...
F. Aster Barnwell, 2011
10
ABA Journal
Reverses Suspension of Lawyer In Matter of Clay, 282 N.Y. 140, an attorney had been suspended from practice, among other charges, for "conduct aspersive of the administration of justice", in that he had advised the officials of a labor union,  ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASPERSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aspersive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Movie review: The truth about dogs and boys in 'Mr. Peabody …
In the form of an obese and (I guess you can call it a species-ist) aspersive Mrs Grunion (Alison Janney), the adoption agency informs Peabody ... «GMA News, Mar 14»
2
On Gender Identity and Marriage
This is not an aspersive comment but an obvious deduction. The clear teaching of Judaism and Christianity is that the only divinely sanctioned ... «Charisma News, Sep 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Aspersive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/aspersive>. Apr 2024 ».
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