Definition for Slur:

• To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words.

Synonyms for Slur:

• n.

  •
  • drawl,
  • broad,
  • accent,
  • brogue,
  • burr,
  • accented,
  • bur,
  • cut glass,
  • broaden.
  •
  • back,
  • atmospherics,
  • blast away,
  • accompany,
  • bang out,
  • Crimes,
  • articulation,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • tear down,
  • attack,
  • baton,
  • law,
  • blast,
  • beat out,
  • arrange.
  •
  • bar,
  • con amore,
  • bar line,
  • adagio,
  • ARR,
  • con brio,
  • andante,
  • clef,
  • bass clef,
  • allegro.
  •
  • insult,
  • offence.
  •accusation (noun)
  • incrimination,
  • stink,
  • imputation,
  • rumble,
  • recriminations,
  • impeachment,
  • impeachments,
  • recrimination.
  •affront (noun)
  • left handed compliment,
  • dirty deeds,
  • backhanded compliments,
  • pro-vocation,
  • out-rages,
  • in-jury,
  • out rages,
  • out rage,
  • pro vocations,
  • slap face,
  • pro-vocations,
  • in jury,
  • pro vocation,
  • in-juries,
  • out-rage,
  • in juries,
  • lefthanded compliment.
  •aspersion (noun)
  • stigma.
  •blame (noun)
  • objurgation,
  • chidings,
  • inculpation,
  • reprobation,
  • exprobation,
  • animadversion,
  • objurgations,
  • reprehension.
  •blot (noun)
  • dis colorations,
  • dis coloration,
  • dis-colorations,
  • dis-coloration.
  •blur (noun)
  • blur.
  •brand (noun)
  • mark cain.
  •daub (noun)
  • daub.
  •defamation (noun)
  • de-traction,
  • cheap shots,
  • de-tractions,
  • low down dirty,
  • backstabbings,
  • de tractions,
  • lowdown dirties,
  • de traction,
  • dirty laundries,
  • low-down dirties,
  • lowdown dirty,
  • low down dirties.
  •dig (noun)
  • cutting remarks.
  •disgrace (noun)
  • ingloriousnesses,
  • de basing,
  • de-basement,
  • de-gradation,
  • de basements,
  • disbarments,
  • de gradations,
  • dis-graces,
  • dis-respect,
  • de basement,
  • dis-respects,
  • de-basing,
  • in gloriousness,
  • de-basements,
  • de-gradations,
  • dis respect,
  • dis grace,
  • debasings,
  • in gloriousnesses,
  • in-gloriousnesses,
  • dis-grace,
  • de gradation,
  • in-gloriousness,
  • humblings,
  • dis graces,
  • dis respects.
  •disrepute (noun)
  • scar,
  • ill fame,
  • ill favor,
  • unpopularity.
  •ill repute (noun)
  • bad odors.
  •reflection (noun)
  • de-rogation,
  • re flections,
  • de rogations,
  • re flection,
  • re-flection,
  • de rogation,
  • re-flections,
  • de-rogations.
  •reprobation (noun)
  • re probations,
  • re probation,
  • re-probations,
  • re-probation.
  •slur (noun)
  • aspersion,
  • spot,
  • smirch.
  •stain (noun)
  • blemish.
  •stigma (noun)
  • besmirchments,
  • lost faces.

• v.

  •accuse (verb)
  • in criminates,
  • be-tray,
  • bringing charges,
  • lays door,
  • recriminates,
  • in dict,
  • brings charges,
  • serves summons,
  • laid door,
  • hung something on,
  • letting have it,
  • lay door,
  • pointing finger at,
  • in-criminates,
  • hanged something on,
  • lodged complaint,
  • be-trays,
  • holding accountable,
  • in-criminating,
  • re-criminated,
  • be tray,
  • lodging complaint,
  • serving summons,
  • filed claim,
  • lodges complaint,
  • lets have it,
  • held accountable,
  • re-criminates,
  • be trays,
  • re-criminate,
  • hanging something on,
  • files claim,
  • re criminating,
  • lays at door,
  • in-dict,
  • re criminated,
  • holds accountable,
  • points finger at,
  • laying at door,
  • re criminates,
  • re-criminating,
  • in criminate,
  • laying door,
  • re criminate,
  • served summons,
  • pointed finger at,
  • laid at door,
  • letted have it,
  • in criminating,
  • in-criminate,
  • recriminated,
  • in criminated,
  • hangs something on,
  • filing claim,
  • in-criminated,
  • brought charges.
  •asperse (verb)
  • casting aspersions on,
  • casts aspersions on.
  •blacken (verb)
  • de-filing,
  • dis-honored,
  • dis-honor,
  • de cries,
  • doth number on,
  • de-file,
  • de-crying,
  • rips up down,
  • did number on,
  • giving black eye,
  • de famed,
  • dis honors,
  • doest number on,
  • de-filed,
  • ripping and down,
  • de files,
  • dis honoring,
  • dis honored,
  • de cry,
  • didst number on,
  • rip and down,
  • dost number on,
  • de-files,
  • doeth number on,
  • ripped up down,
  • de fames,
  • rips down,
  • de-fame,
  • ripped and down,
  • gives a black eye,
  • dis honor,
  • doing number on,
  • does a number on,
  • ripping up down,
  • didst a number on,
  • rip down,
  • de-fames,
  • doeth a number on,
  • de-cry,
  • does number on,
  • giving a black eye,
  • gave black eye,
  • doing a number on,
  • ripped up and down,
  • rips and down,
  • de-famed,
  • rips up and down,
  • de crying,
  • ripping up and down,
  • de-faming,
  • doth a number on,
  • doest a number on,
  • de filed,
  • dis-honors,
  • bad mouth,
  • gives black eye,
  • de filing,
  • gave a black eye,
  • de file,
  • did a number on,
  • ripping down,
  • de cried,
  • de faming,
  • dost a number on,
  • de fame,
  • dis-honoring,
  • rip up down,
  • de-cried,
  • de-cries.
  •change (verb)
  • dim,
  • slur.
  •depreciate (verb)
  • dis-praises,
  • take down peg,
  • de-tracts,
  • under estimate,
  • found fault with,
  • scoffs at,
  • re vile,
  • under-valued,
  • takes down peg,
  • clamors against,
  • under value,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis countenanced,
  • under-values,
  • clamored against,
  • de-rides,
  • under rated,
  • took down a peg,
  • under estimating,
  • sneering at,
  • under rating,
  • clamoring against,
  • dis-counts,
  • dis counting,
  • takes down a peg,
  • looked down on,
  • under rates,
  • under-rating,
  • de-ride,
  • sneers at,
  • under estimated,
  • re-vile,
  • de riding,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis praises,
  • under valued,
  • dis-counting,
  • under-estimating,
  • dis countenances,
  • under values,
  • de tract,
  • dis-praised,
  • finding fault with,
  • under estimates,
  • dis-counted,
  • under-rated,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis countenancing,
  • under valuing,
  • dis counted,
  • under-estimated,
  • de rides,
  • dis praise,
  • under-rate,
  • de ride,
  • taking down peg,
  • sneered at,
  • under-rates,
  • under-estimate,
  • dis-praise,
  • de-tract,
  • finds fault with,
  • under-valuing,
  • dis praising,
  • dis-praising,
  • under-value,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • scoffing at,
  • took down peg,
  • under rate,
  • dis counts,
  • dis praised,
  • de-riding,
  • de tracts,
  • taking down a peg.
  •discredit (verb)
  • dis credit,
  • brought in to disrepute,
  • taking rug out from under,
  • brought into disrepute,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis crediting,
  • disconsiders,
  • de grading,
  • de stroying,
  • dis-proves,
  • de-grading,
  • brings in to disrepute,
  • de-grade,
  • dis-considers,
  • frowns up on,
  • dis esteems,
  • dis-proving,
  • de stroys,
  • dis favored,
  • dis proving,
  • brings to naught,
  • dis prove,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-stroying,
  • disconsidered,
  • poking full holes,
  • de-stroys,
  • poke full holes,
  • poking full of holes,
  • frowning upon,
  • knocked bottom out of,
  • poohpooh,
  • brings naught,
  • took rug out from under,
  • bring naught,
  • dis esteem,
  • bringing naught,
  • brings into disrepute,
  • disconsidering,
  • dis-considering,
  • dis-consider,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis-crediting,
  • mudslings,
  • dis-considered,
  • dis-credits,
  • brought naught,
  • dis-esteemed,
  • dis considering,
  • dis-esteem,
  • dis favoring,
  • de-graded,
  • dis esteemed,
  • de grade,
  • de-grades,
  • ex-posing,
  • de grades,
  • de-stroyed,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis credited,
  • poked full holes,
  • pokes full of holes,
  • frowns upon,
  • brought to naught,
  • de graded,
  • dis-favoring,
  • frowned up on,
  • de stroy,
  • dis considers,
  • frowning up on,
  • reflecting on,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis proved,
  • knocking bottom out of,
  • bringing in to disrepute,
  • frown up on,
  • dis proves,
  • mudslinged,
  • takes rug out from under,
  • dis esteeming,
  • pokes full holes,
  • bringing into disrepute,
  • dis considered,
  • dis-esteeming,
  • bring in to disrepute,
  • ex posed,
  • dis-favored,
  • ex-posed,
  • dis consider,
  • poked full of holes,
  • knocks bottom out of,
  • bringing to naught,
  • de stroyed,
  • frowned upon,
  • reflects on,
  • dis-proved,
  • dis credits.
  •disgrace (verb)
  • de-base,
  • be smirches,
  • dis gracing,
  • be-smirched,
  • dis-regarding,
  • dis respecting,
  • de base,
  • de pressing,
  • be smirch,
  • re duce,
  • dis respected,
  • be-smirch,
  • dis graced,
  • de-press,
  • de pressed,
  • de-pressed,
  • de-based,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-respecting,
  • be smirched,
  • dis-regards,
  • dis-graced,
  • re-duce,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis-gracing,
  • dis-regard,
  • dis regard,
  • de based,
  • re duces,
  • be-smirches,
  • be smirching,
  • tar feather,
  • de-presses,
  • dis-respected,
  • dis regarding,
  • dis regarded,
  • be-smirching,
  • dis-regarded,
  • de press,
  • re-duces,
  • de presses.
  •slander (verb)
  • casting a slur on,
  • give bad name,
  • blackened name,
  • slinging mud,
  • be lying,
  • ran smear campaign,
  • casts a slur on,
  • casts slur on,
  • be littles,
  • giving bad name,
  • be-lying,
  • be-littles,
  • blackening name,
  • slings mud,
  • running smear campaign,
  • muckrakes,
  • gives a bad name,
  • slung mud,
  • be-lied,
  • gave bad name,
  • gave a bad name,
  • runs smear campaign,
  • casting slur on,
  • be-little,
  • strumpeted,
  • be lied,
  • gives bad name,
  • giving a bad name,
  • blackens name.
  •slight (verb)
  • giving brush,
  • up staging,
  • gave brush,
  • up-stage,
  • up-stages,
  • not give time day,
  • treated with contempt,
  • treats with contempt,
  • showing disrespect,
  • up stages,
  • up stage,
  • turns deaf ear to,
  • give brush,
  • up staged,
  • gives brush,
  • shows disrespect,
  • showed disrespect,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • up-staging,
  • turned deaf ear to,
  • blinks at,
  • up-staged,
  • treating with contempt,
  • blinked at,
  • gives the brush,
  • gave the brush,
  • turning deaf ear to,
  • giving the cold shoulder to,
  • gives the cold shoulder to,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • blinking at,
  • gave the cold shoulder to,
  • giving the brush.
  •smear (verb)
  • disco loring,
  • poormouthing,
  • dis color,
  • poor-mouthed,
  • dis-colors,
  • poormouths,
  • poor mouths,
  • poor-mouths,
  • dis-coloring,
  • dragged through mud,
  • dragging through mud,
  • dis-color,
  • disco-loring,
  • ripping up,
  • dis colored,
  • dis coloring,
  • poor mouthing,
  • dis-colored,
  • poormouthed,
  • dis colors,
  • rips up,
  • poor mouthed,
  • ripped up,
  • drags through mud,
  • poor-mouthing.
  •snub (verb)
  • look coldly up on,
  • looked coldly up on,
  • acting cool,
  • cutting dead,
  • looks coldly up on,
  • looking coldly upon,
  • putting the chill on,
  • looking coldly up on,
  • iced out,
  • ices out,
  • looks coldly upon,
  • looked right through,
  • acted cool,
  • looking right through,
  • looks right through,
  • snobbing,
  • puts the chill on,
  • putting chill on,
  • looked coldly upon,
  • acts cool,
  • snobbed,
  • cuts dead,
  • puts chill on,
  • icing out.
  •vilify (verb)
  • be-rated,
  • mis-treated,
  • be-rating,
  • dumping on,
  • called down,
  • mis treat,
  • skins alive,
  • caluminating,
  • be-rates,
  • tears into,
  • dumps on,
  • tearing into,
  • torn into,
  • mis-treat,
  • mis treats,
  • tare into,
  • be rate,
  • caluminated,
  • mis-treats,
  • be-rate,
  • rags on,
  • ragging on,
  • tare in to,
  • tear in to,
  • puts whammy on,
  • be rating,
  • torn in to,
  • puts a whammy on,
  • putting whammy on,
  • tears in to,
  • caluminates,
  • mis treating,
  • put whammy on,
  • ragged on,
  • tearing in to,
  • be rated,
  • mis treated,
  • tore in to,
  • tore into,
  • be rates,
  • calls down,
  • putting a whammy on.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • equivocate,
  • backbite,
  • gabble,
  • mumble,
  • babble,
  • burble,
  • waffle,
  • bumble,
  • gibber,
  • name calling,
  • trash-talk,
  • jabber.
  •
  • defame,
  • sputter.
  •
  • jibe.
  •
  • kiss off.
  •
  • swipe.
  •
  • name,
  • reflection.
  •accuse
  • Summoned,
  • blow whistle,
  • recriminate,
  • let have it,
  • bring charges,
  • lodge complaint,
  • hold accountable,
  • Slurring,
  • serve summons,
  • point finger at,
  • indict,
  • recriminating,
  • hang something on,
  • litigate,
  • file claim,
  • framing,
  • lay at door,
  • incriminate.
  •blacken
  • tarnishes,
  • blotched,
  • blotching,
  • give a black eye,
  • badmouth,
  • smudge,
  • rip up and down,
  • ripping,
  • do a number on,
  • give black eye,
  • ripped down,
  • do number on.
  •censure
  • blame.
  •slander
  • be little,
  • muckraking,
  • blacken name,
  • give a bad name,
  • muckrake,
  • muckraked,
  • sling mud,
  • strumpet,
  • cast a slur on,
  • run smear campaign,
  • strumpeting,
  • cast slur on.

Paraphrases for Slur:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    affront, snub, libel, defamation, violation, infringement.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    insult, slander, insinuation, calumny.

Antonyms for Slur:

• n.

  • insult
    flattery, approval, blank, respect, praise, honor, compliment.
  • Other antonyms:
    good, goodness, accolade, award, purity, modesty, scrupulousness, legitimacy, chasteness, chastity, rectitude, integrity, acclaim, probity, renown, virtuousness, right, righteousness, honesty, adulation, uprightness, applause, repute, commendation.

• v.

  • change
    focus.
  • insult
    conceal, pronounce, enunciate, approve, please, hide, commend, flatter, exalt, beautify.

Slur Sentence Examples:

• He was guilty of but one evasion; on one point only did he slur the truth: he conceived it his honorable duty to keep the girl in ignorance of his straitened circumstances; she was not to be distressed by knowledge of his distress, nor could he tolerate the suggestion of seeming to play for her sympathy.

• " Now, John, I don't mean for you to take it that I'm throwin' any slur over your courage for the way things has turned out - I don't want you to take it that way at all, lad," said Tim.

Homophones for Slur:

• sculler, squealer, slayer, solar array, sailor, seller, shoe collar, scalar, scullery, sheller, shalwar, sea lawyer, selar, secular, scaler, scholar, sclera, solar year, salwar, soilure, school year, slurry, salary, squalor, solar, sealer, schiller.

Hypernym for Slur:

• n.

  • communication
    tie.

• v.

  • change
    efface, obliterate.

Hyponym for Slur:

• n.

  • communication
    musical notation.

• v.

  • change
    weaken.
  • communication
    refer, utter, mouth, talk, verbalise, denote, verbalize, speak.
  • creation
    play, spiel.