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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aspersive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-per-sive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From asperse + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more aspersive (comparative) most aspersive (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

aspersively aspersiveness

Rhymes With

immersive subversive recursive cursive roman cursive tail recursive primitive recursive discursive dispersive aversive inversive abstersive

Questions

What does aspersive mean?
Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
Where does aspersive come from?
From asperse + -ive.

How to pronounce aspersive

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