slur

(Englisch)

Noun

1. An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
2. An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
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. (dated) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/slɜː(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: sloor

Verwandt mit Middle Low German: sluren

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: sløra

Verwandt mit Dänisch: sløre

Verwandt mit 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.

Konzepte

verleumden

Verunglimpfung

verschleifen

Verleumdung

undeutlich

Undeutlichkeit

undeutlich sprechen

üble Bemerkung

Beleidigung

Bindebogen

Diffamierung

lallen

reden

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Synonyme

smear

smirch

spot

blot

blemish

insult

slander

aspersion

smudge

stain

defame

speckle

vilify

speck

daub

libel

asperse

moil

blur

denigration

denigrate

abuse

stigma

sully

dim

splotch

backbite

splutter

calumniate

calumny

blacken

defect

smut

slight

mumble

bespatter

besmirch

malign

disparage

begrime

bundle

brand

befoul

assault

blow

bedraggle

discolouration

blotch

discoloration

dirty

Übersetzungen

calunniare

mancha

tache

insulto

oszczerstwo

calumniar

macchia

calomnie

mal articuler

προσβολή

insulto

smet

plama

calumnia

accecatura