Antonyms for slur
slɜrslur

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1. slurnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   smear, spot, blot, aspersion, smudge, smirch, daub

2. aspersion, slurnoun

   a disparaging remark

   "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

   Synonyms:
   smear, daub, smudge, spot, calumny, sprinkling, defamation, denigration, aspersion, smirch, blot, slander

3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurverb

   a blemish made by dirt

   "he had a smudge on his cheek"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, smear, aspersion, daub, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, spot, point, situation, berth, topographic point

4. slurverb

   play smoothly or legato

   "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

   Synonyms:
   blur, dim

5. slurverb

   speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur

   "your comments are slurring your co-workers"

   Synonyms:
   blur, dim

6. slurverb

   utter indistinctly

   Synonyms:
   blur, dim

7. blur, dim, slurverb

   become vague or indistinct

   "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

   Synonyms:
   smear, glaze over, smudge, blur, blear, dip, dim, obnubilate, obscure, blind, confuse, film over, smutch

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1. slurnoun

   Synonyms:
   stain, mark, innuendo, reproach, brand

2. slurverb

   Synonyms:
   soil, sully, disparage, traduce, asperse, blur, mackle

How to use slur in a sentence?

1. Michael Fitch:

   No coach, no official, no adult, no opposing team player has provided any evidence of personal knowledge of a racial slur.

2. Matt Damon:

   The word that my daughter calls the' f-slur for a homosexual' was commonly used when I was Matt Damon, with a different application, i made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table. I said,' Come on, that's a joke ! I say it in the movie' Stuck on You !''.

3. Eliot Engel:

   I welcome debate in Congress based on the merits of policy, but it's unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the US-Israel relationship, we all take the same oath. Worse, Representative Omar comments leveled that charge by invoking a vile anti-Semitic slur.

4. Morgan Wallen:

   I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.

5. Tara Houska:

   Greeting indigenous Code Talkers in front of that portrait, knowing Andrew Jackson is responsible for the Trail of Tears, is disrespectful -- it's worse than that. It's appallingly out of touch, this isn't the first time he's attempted to slur Elizabeth Warren by calling her Pocahontas, who was a real person, and he diminished an entire demographic of native women to a single figure in history who's been largely fetishized and whose traumatic story has been whitewashed by the American narrative.

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