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slur

/slɜr/

noun
a blemish made by dirt
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blot daub smear smirch smudge spot

type of:
blemish mar defect
verb
become vague or indistinct
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blur dim

type of:
weaken
noun
a disparaging remark
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"it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

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aspersion

type of:
derogation disparagement depreciation
noun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
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type of:
musical notation
verb
play smoothly or legato
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"the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

type of:
spiel play
verb
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
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"your comments are slurring your co-workers"

type of:
denote refer
verb
utter indistinctly
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type of:
verbalise mouth speak talk utter verbalize

Definition that contains slur

tie (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
mickey (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
mick (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
guinea (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
taco (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
paddy (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
chinaman (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
kike (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
chink (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
wop (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent

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