slur

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. An insult or slight.
2. An insult or slight.
3. A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
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.
7. The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

Verb

1. To insult or slight.
2. To run together; to articulate poorly.
3. To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
4. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
5. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
6. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
7. To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Konzepte

verleumden

Verunglimpfung

verschleifen

Verleumdung

undeutlich

Undeutlichkeit

undeutlich sprechen

üble Bemerkung

Beleidigung

Bindebogen

Diffamierung

lallen

reden

🗣️

Synonyms

smear

smirch

blemish

spot

blot

smudge

aspersion

insult

slander

stain

defame

moil

libel

daub

blur

speck

asperse

speckle

vilify

abuse

besmirch

slight

denigration

bespatter

splotch

splutter

stigma

sully

malign

defect

denigrate

smut

mumble

calumniate

dim

calumny

blacken

backbite

disparage

fleck

foul

gibber

gird

grime

hurt

imperfection

impinge

indignity

infract

infringe

infringement

injure

invective

knot

🪢

lash

ligate

lisp

macula

mar

mortification

mortify

offend

offense

outrage

patch

rack

reproach

reproof

revile

sarcastic

scurrility

shortcoming

slam

soil

stake

strap

stricture

string

🪢

taint

tie

tie down

tie up

traduce

trespass

trouble

truss

umbrage

violate

vituperate

vituperation

wittiness

diss

bad quality

stroke

bad point

lash together

raduce

villainize

affront

villainise

aggrieve

ail

assassination

assault

attach

attack

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band

bandage

bedraggle

befoul

begrime

besmear

bind

black

blame

blotch

blow

brand

bundle

censure

clinch

contravene

contumely

crucify

cut

decry

depreciate

derogation

detraction

dirty

discoloration

discolouration

discredit

drag one’s feet

drawl

dress

👗

encroach upon

entrench

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/slɜː(ɹ)/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: sloor

Cognate with Middle Low German: sluren

Cognate with Norwegisch: sløra

Cognate with Dänisch: sløre

Cognate with Altnordisch: slóðra

In summary

From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). Cognate with Middle Low German sluren (“to trail in mud”). Also related to dialectal Norwegian sløra (“to be careless, to scamp, dawdle”), Danish sløre (“to wobble, be loose”) (especially for wheels); compare Old Norse slóðra (“to drag oneself along”).
* (an extremely offensive term): Influenced by various compounds of sense 1 such as racial slur, ethnic slur, etc.