An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. / (obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water. / (in the plural) slander, calumny

plural of aspersion

One who asperses.

plural of asperser

Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.

To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). / To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

In an aspersive manner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asperse

simple past tense and past participle of asperse

(heraldry) Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered over the surface.