aspersed

verb

past tense of asperse
as in smeared
to make untrue and harmful statements about how dare you asperse the character of our dedicated pastor!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspersed
  1. smeared
  2. humiliated
  3. maligned
  4. disgraced
Verb
  • The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Definition of smeared
Verb
  • Israel must leave humiliated and defeated — and that is exactly what will happen.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The novel follows 16-year-old Abby, who is left humiliated after a private photo gets shared around school.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Definition of humiliated
Verb
  • Trump had already maligned the people of that country while on the campaign trail, and his promise of a Muslim travel ban would hit Somalia too.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing Haitians living in Ohio of eating people’s pets.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Definition of maligned
Verb
  • Getty Images Six years after disgraced former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan by private jet, hidden inside an audio equipment case, few expected his name to dominate another Nissan shareholders' meeting.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Among the guests were Prince William and Kate Middleton, as well as the daughters of Sarah Ferguson and disgraced ex-Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 8 June 2026
Definition of disgraced
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“Aspersed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspersed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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