| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SLANDER | Asperse | |
| ASPERSED | Of Asperse | |
| ASPERSING | Of Asperse | |
| ASPERSIVE | Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. | |
| SKIT | To cast reflections on; to asperse. | |
| BESPATTER | To asperse with calumny or reproach. | |
| BESPURT | To spurt on or over; to asperse. | |
| APPEACH | To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. | |
| SCANDAL | To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. | |
| SPOT | To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. | |
| MALIGN | To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. | |
| DEFAME | To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. | |
| ASPERSE | ...ious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man'... | |