1. Synonyms for Aspersing include defamation, libel, slander, calumny, vilification, calumniation, libeling, libelling, maligning and smearing

2. These men were “disregarding lordship and speaking abusively of glorious ones,” evidently maligning such individuals as anointed Christian overseers who had certain glory conferred upon them.

3. The man who would later be called Father Abraham was “likely the author … of letters in rustic dialectic in the [Sangamo] Journal under the byline ‘Johnny Blubberhead’ … maligning a host

4. Backbiting noun slander, abuse, spite, gossip, smearing, malice, maligning, defamation, vilification, denigration, bitchiness (slang), calumny, disparagement, muckraking, vituperation, spitefulness, cattiness (informal), scandalmongering, detraction, calumniation Corporate Backbiting is nothing new.