<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival.</li><li>the act of slandering; vilification; calumniation; derogation; defamation: Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored.</li><li>the act of sprinkling, as in baptism.</li><li>Archaic: a shower or spray.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>reproach, censure.</li></ul>