- cast aspersions on something
- cast aspersions on (someone/something)
formal
to criticize someone or someone's character.
His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism.
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cast aspersions on something
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cast aspersions on someone — cast aspersions on (someone/something) formal to criticize someone or someone s character. His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism … New idioms dictionary
cast aspersions on — (someone/something) formal to criticize someone or someone s character. His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism … New idioms dictionary
cast — cast1 W3 [ka:st US kæst] v past tense and past participle cast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 cast light on/onto something 2 cast doubt(s) on something 3¦(light and shade)¦ 4 cast a shadow/cloud over something 5¦(look)¦ 6 cast an eye on/over something 7 cast a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cast — [kast, käst] vt. cast, casting [ME casten < ON kasta, to throw] 1. a) to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl b) to give vent to as if by throwing [to cast aspersions] 2. to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote) … English World dictionary
cast — 1 verb past tense and past participle cast 1 cast (a) light on/onto a) to provide new information which makes something easier to understand: research findings that cast new light on the origin of our universe b) literary to send light onto a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cast — [[t]kɑ͟ːst, kæ̱st[/t]] ♦♦ casts, casting (The form cast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) N COUNT COLL The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. The show is very amusing and the cast are … English dictionary
aspersions — [[t]əspɜ͟ː(r)ʃ(ə)nz, AM ʒ(ə)nz[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR on n If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way. [FORMAL] He has flatly denied casting aspersions on the rabbi s behaviour … English dictionary
aspersions — [əˈspɜːʃ(ə)nz] noun cast aspersions (on) to criticize someone or something[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
do someone/something down — (informal) BELITTLE, disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, cast aspersions on, discredit, vilify, defame, criticize, malign; N. Amer. slur; informal have a go at, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bad mouth; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off. →… … Useful english dictionary
denounce — I (condemn) verb anathematize, animadvert, asperse, assail, assail with censure, assault, attack, be censorious, belittle, berate, besmear, besmirch, blackball, blacken, blacklist, brand, bring into discredit, bring to account, call to account,… … Law dictionary
