Meaning

7 senses
  1. An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

    Verunglimpfung, Beleidigung

    клеветни́ческое обвине́ниеklevetníčeskoje obvinénije, оскорби́тельный намёкoskorbítelʹnyj namjók, инсинуа́цияinsinuácija

    слюрsljur

  2. An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

    A derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).

  3. A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.

    a slur on one's reputation

  4. An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.

  5. Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.

  6. A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.

    (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

  7. The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

    Bindebogen

    лега́тоlegáto

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Tom was drunk and his speech was slurred.

    ruТом был пьян, и его речь была нечленораздельной. — Selena777

    deTom war betrunken und er lallte. — Dani6187

  2. Tom slurs his words whenever he gets drunk.

  3. Tom is slurring his words. I think he's drunk quite a lot.

    ruТом проглатывает слова. Я думаю, что он весьма сильно пьян. — odexed

    deTom lallt. Ich glaube, er ist ganz schön betrunken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom slurred his words.

  5. Tom's speech was slightly slurred.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
insult or slight:
Русский
By meaning 2
insult or slight:
symbol indicating a legato passage:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
insult or slight:
symbol indicating a legato passage:

Origin

From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but per

From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but perhaps related to a group of words derived from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“loose, slack, flabby”), such as slumber.

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Forms

plural: slurs
Singularslur
Pluralslurs

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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