slur verb [T] (PRONOUNCE BADLY)
- atonally
- beg the question idiom
- blah
- blither
- come out
- coo
- pipe up
- prate
- spluttery
- stammer
- stiltedly
- sweet nothings
- talk nonsense idiom
- talk through your hat idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- trash
- turn of phrase
- undertone
- witter
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slur verb [T] (MUSIC)
slur verb [T] (CRITICIZE)
slur
noun
uk
/slɜːr/ us
/slɝː/slur noun (CRITICISM)
Her letter contained several outrageous slurs against/on her former colleagues.
- anti-defamation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- defame
- demonize
- dog
- drag someone's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hatchet job
- scurrilous
- scurrilously
- self-immolation
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander
- smear
- stab
- tarnish
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slur noun (BAD PRONUNCIATION)
- atonally
- beg the question idiom
- blah
- blither
- come out
- coo
- pipe up
- prate
- spluttery
- stammer
- stiltedly
- sweet nothings
- talk nonsense idiom
- talk through your hat idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- trash
- turn of phrase
- undertone
- witter
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