different between vituperate vs asperse

English

Etymology

From Latin vituper?tus, perfect passive participle of vituper? (“I blame, I censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + par? (“I furnish, I provide, I contrive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??t?u?p??e?t/, /v??tju?p??e?t/, /va??t?u?p??e?t/, /va??tju?p??e?t/

Verb

vituperate (third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, simple past and past participle vituperated)

1. (transitive) To criticize in a harsh or abusive manner.
2. (transitive) To revile, vilify, defame, go on about or mouth off about someone
3. (intransitive) To use harsh or abusive wording.

Synonyms

• (criticize in a harsh or abusive manner): scold, berate, rile
• see also: Thesaurus:criticize
• (use harsh or abusive wording): rail

Related terms

• See vice#Related_terms

Translations

References

• vituperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vituperate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vituperate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• reputative

Italian

Verb

vituperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vituperare
2. second-person plural imperative of vituperare
3. feminine plural of vituperato

Anagrams

• reputatevi

Latin

Verb

vituper?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vituper?

References

• vituperate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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)

1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2. 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

1. third-person singular past historic of aspergere

asperse

1. feminine plural of asperso

Anagrams

• esparse
• paresse
• passere
• spesare
• speserà

Latin

Participle

asperse

1. vocative masculine singular of aspersus