slur
noun/slɜː(r)/
/slɜːr/
- an offensive term used deliberately to show a lack of respect for a particular group of people
- a/an racial/homophobic/antisemitic slur
- The group continued to yell slurs.
Extra Examples- The tweet contained an offensive slur against Indigenous people.
- A few bigots in the crowd shouted slurs towards some of the players.
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- slur (on somebody/something) an unfair remark about somebody/something that may damage other people’s opinion of them synonym insult
- She had dared to cast a slur on his character.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- a slur on his good name
- It's easy to cast around unsubstantiated smears and slurs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- racial
- racist
- sexual
- …
- cast
- make
- slur against
- slur on
- (music) a curved sign used to show that two or more notes are to be played smoothly and without a break
Word OriginMiddle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear’, ‘belittle (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’.
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