slur

slur
Synonyms and related words:
accent, accent mark, affront, asperse, aspersion, attaint, bad-mouth, badge of infamy, bar, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bespatter, bestain, black eye, black mark, blacken, blink, blot, blow upon, blur, brand, broad arrow, calumniate, calumny, cancel, cantando, carefully ignore, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, champain, character, cold-shoulder, custos, cut a corner, cut corners, darken, daub, defame, defile, demilegato, denigrate, dip into, direct, dirty, disapprove, discolor, discredit, disparage, disparagement, disregard, dodge, dot, examine cursorily, execution, expose, expose to infamy, expression, expression mark, fermata, fingering, fudge, garble, gibbet, give the once-over, glance at, glissando, gloss over, hang in effigy, hold, ignore, imputation, innuendo, insinuation, insult, intonation, key signature, lead, legato, libel, ligature, lisp, malign, mark, mark of Cain, measure, metronomic mark, mezzo staccato, mumble, music-making, notation, obloquy, odium, onus, page through, parlando, pass over, pass over lightly, pause, performance, personal remark, personality, pianism, pillory, pillorying, pizzicato, point champain, presa, put-down, reflection, rendering, rendition, repercussion, reprimand, reproach, rubato, scamp, scan, scorch, sear, segno, sign, signature, singe, skid, skim, skim over, skim the surface, skimp, skip over, slam, slander, slidder, slight, slip, slip through, slubber, slubber over, slur over, sly suggestion, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smutch, soil, spiccato, spot, staccato, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, stricture, stutter, suggestion, sully, swell, symbol, taint, tarnish, tear down, tempo mark, thumb through, tie, time signature, touch, touch upon, touch upon lightly, traduce, uncomplimentary remark, vilify, vinculum, whispering campaign, zip through

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  • Slur — Slur:*Slur, a term of disparagement *Slur (phonology): slurring means not to enunciate words normally or clearly . *Slur (music), a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played legato (smoothly). *Slur …   Wikipedia

  • Slur — (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred} (sl[^u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Slurring} (sl[^u]r r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]ra, to trail or drag one s self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slur|ry — «SLUR ee», noun, plural ries, verb, ried, ry|ing. –n. a semifluid substance, such as a thin mixture of powdered coal, ore, clay, mud, slush, cement, or mortar with water: »In the wet process, water is added during the grinding, until a soupy… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Slur — Slur, n. 1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. Gaining to his name a lasting slur. South. [1913 Webster] 2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slur — slur·vian; slur; slur·ry; …   English syllables

  • slur — [n] insult accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister*, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, brickbat*, calumny, dirty dig*, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put down* …   New thesaurus

  • slur — (n.) deliberate slight, c.1600, from dialectal slur thin or fluid mud, from M.E. slore (mid 15c.), cognate with M.L.G. sluren, M.Du. sloren to trail in mud. Related to E.Fris. sluren to go about carelessly, Norw. slora to be careless. The musical …   Etymology dictionary

  • slur — [slʉr] vt. slurred, slurring [prob. < MDu sleuren, to drag, move slowly, trail in mud: for IE base see SLUG1] 1. to pass over quickly and carelessly; make little of: often with over 2. to pronounce rapidly and indistinctly, as by combining or… …   English World dictionary

  • slur — index aspersion, brand (stigmatize), contemn, defamation, defame, denounce (condemn), denunciation …   Law dictionary

  • slur — slȗr m DEFINICIJA glazb. lȗk kojim se povezuje niz tonova kada ih treba izvesti legato ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • slur — The verb has inflected forms slurred, slurring …   Modern English usage

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