aspersing 1 of 3

aspersing

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adjective

aspersing

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verb

present participle of asperse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspersing
Noun
  • The lawsuit further accused BCPS of retaliating against Jensen's expression of his First Amendment rights, violating his 14th Amendment rights and defamation.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Hov not only sued her for defamation, but also her attorney Tony Buzbee.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Now, however, Memrise charges $59.99 per month, which is insulting.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
  • To compare the incident to a possible leak of a football game plan is insulting to the U.S. military members who secure and safeguard our personal freedom each and every day.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lipstadt became famous—and was later portrayed onscreen by Rachel Weisz—for winning a judgment in a British court against the Holocaust denier David Irving, who had sued her for libel.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected Palin's claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated, saying Palin had failed to show that the Times had acted out of malice, something required in libel lawsuits involving public figures.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • McCurdy’s body, never claimed by a relative, ends up in an increasingly degrading series of increasingly odd entertainments.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The draconian rules imposed upon women and girls in Afghanistan are strictly enforced with those objecting being threatened, beaten, detained and subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment in detention.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Robinson was sentenced late last year to a year and a half in prison due to violating a court order prohibiting him from repeating libelous allegations about a Syrian refugee, and Musk has been calling for his release.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The move came after White House staffers lobbed criticism at comments made by Ruffin that were critical of the Trump administration.
    James Powel, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • This comes as the Trump administration has faced growing criticisms for its hurried proceedings to remove as many noncitizens from the country as quickly as possible.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Poor data quality can provide wrong models and alerts, discrediting predictive monitoring.
    Hrushikesh Deshmukh, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Johnson released new guidelines for reporting gifts Wednesday after discrediting the investigation.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The woman, along with her legal team, painted a picture of a violent man whose abusive cycles included demeaning text messages, physical harm, and threats.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Luck and the university fired coach Troy Taylor last week after ESPN reported that he was twice investigated for his demeaning treatment of staffers — particularly women.
    Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Aspersing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspersing. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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