different between vilify vs asperse
vilify
English
Etymology
From Late Latin v?lific?re, present active infinitive of v?lific? (“vilify”),
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?l.?.fa?/
Verb
vilify (third-person singular simple present vilifies, present participle vilifying, simple past and past participle vilified)
- (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- Synonyms: abuse, assail, criticize, decry, denigrate, demonize, denounce, libel, revile, slander, run down; see also Thesaurus:defame
- Antonyms: glorify, praise
- (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.
- Synonyms: berate; see also Thesaurus:criticize
- Antonyms: glorify, praise
Derived terms
- vilification
- vilifiable
- vilifier
Related terms
- vile
Translations
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asperse
English
Etymology
From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??sp??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??sp?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Verb
asperse (third-person singular simple present asperses, present participle aspersing, simple past and past participle aspersed)
- To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
- To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
- This is indeed a most aggravating circumstance, which attends depriving men unjustly of their reputation; for a man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise such as affect his conversation, unless where a perfect intimacy must have convinced them that their friend’s character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Translations
Anagrams
- Parsees, pareses, preases, preasse, seprase, serapes
Italian
Verb
asperse
- third-person singular past historic of aspergere
asperse
- feminine plural of asperso
Anagrams
- esparse
- paresse
- passere
- spesare
- speserà
Latin
Participle
asperse
- vocative masculine singular of aspersus
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