aspersion

aspersion has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
• n.. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
• n.. the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
• n.. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
• n.. a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"