aspersive

== English == === Etymology === From asperse +‎ -ive. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv === Adjective === aspersive (comparative more aspersive, superlative most aspersive) Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. ==== Related terms ==== aspersively aspersiveness === References === “aspersive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.