slur
to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly by combining, reducing, or omitting sounds, as in hurried or careless utterance.
to cast aspersions on; calumniate; disparage; depreciate: The candidate was viciously slurred by his opponent.
Music.
to sing to a single syllable or play without a break (two or more tones of different pitch).
to mark with a slur.
Chiefly British Dialect. to smirch, sully, or stain.
to read, speak, or sing hurriedly and carelessly.
a slurred utterance or sound.
a disparaging remark or a slight: quick to take offense at a slur; an ethnic slur against people of Irish descent.
a blot or stain, as upon reputation: a slur on his good name.
Music.
the combination of two or more tones of different pitch, sung to a single syllable or played without a break.
a curved mark indicating this.
Printing. a spot that is blurred or unclear as a result of paper, plate, or blanket slippage.
Origin of slur
1Other words for slur
Opposites for slur
Other words from slur
- un·slurred, adjective
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How to use slur in a sentence
The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist | Judnick Mayard | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe material (i.e. the slurs) generally gets inserted into other, larger pieces about policy debates.
Before Ditching His Top Aides, Obama Should Look in the Mirror | Leslie H. Gelb | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd many of my Sikh friends have shared with me a history of racial slurs and menacing stares they have endured over the years.
This is the same reason Alec Baldwin was fired last month from his MSNBC show for making gay slurs.
They have not said they heard the Tea Party members using racial slurs.
With five thousand dollars in your mitt, you wouldn't need to hang around here to take a lot of slurs.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayWe're not inviting injunctions and law and newspaper talk and slurs and slander, Mr. Vose.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayHe lays emphasis on what fits in with this creed, and slurs over all that is opposed to it.
The Book Of God | G. W. FooteIn pools of blood they had wiped out the jibes and slurs of an unhappy past.
The Fall of a Nation | Thomas DixonThe foreigner in our country slurs these letters with childlike confidence.
Under the Law | Edwina Stanton Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for slur
/ (slɜː) /
(often foll by over) to treat superficially, hastily, or without due deliberation; gloss
(also intr) to pronounce or utter (words, etc) indistinctly
to speak disparagingly of or cast aspersions on
music to execute (a melodic interval of two or more notes) smoothly, as in legato performance
(also intr) to blur or smear
archaic to stain or smear; sully
an indistinct sound or utterance
a slighting remark; aspersion
a stain or disgrace, as upon one's reputation; stigma
music
a performance or execution of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part
the curved line (⌢ or ⌣) indicating this
a blur or smear
Origin of slur
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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