Need another word that means the same as “slur”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “slur” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Slur” are: blur, dim, mumble, speak unclearly, garble, stumble over, stammer, blot, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, aspersion, insult, slight, slander, libel, misrepresentation, defamation, calumny
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slur” as a noun can have the following definitions:
aspersion | A disparaging remark. In the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion. |
blot | A shameful act or quality that damages an otherwise good character or reputation. The only blot on an otherwise clean campaign. |
calumny | The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander. A bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation. |
daub | Material used to daub walls. She stuck the painting up alongside the daubs made by her children. |
defamation | The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel. She sued him for defamation. |
insult | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. The movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult. |
libel | The action or crime of publishing a libel. He was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes. |
misrepresentation | A willful perversion of facts. She is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation. |
slander | An abusive attack on a person’s character or good name. He is suing the TV company for slander. |
slight | An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention. An unintended slight can create grudges. |
smear | Slanderous defamation. There was an oil smear on his jacket. |
smirch | An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. |
smudge | A blemish made by dirt. He had a smudge on his cheek. |
spot | A small feature or part of something with a particular quality. Night spot. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slur” as a verb can have the following definitions:
blur | Make unclear indistinct or blurred. His novels blur the boundaries between criticism and fiction. |
dim | Make dim by comparison or conceal. His eyes dimmed. |
garble | Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice. |
mumble | Say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear. The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food. |
speak unclearly | Use language. |
stammer | Say something with difficulty, repeating the initial letters of words and with sudden involuntary pauses. I stammered out my history. |
stumble over | Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. |
ambiguous | Not clear or decided. An ambiguous situation with no frame of reference. |
babble | (of flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound. The babble of a brook. |
babbling | Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way. A gently babbling brook. |
besmirch | Make (something) dirty or discoloured. The ground was besmirched with blood. |
blot | Dry ink with blotting paper. The only blot on an otherwise clean campaign. |
blur | Make unclear indistinct or blurred. It happened so fast it was just a blur. |
daub | Material used to daub walls. A daub of paint. |
defame | Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. The journalists have defamed me. |
denigrate | Criticize unfairly; disparage. Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country. |
equivocal | Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. He has always been equivocal about the meaning of his lyrics. |
equivocate | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. The government have equivocated too often in the past. |
evasive | Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire. Pilots are taught to take evasive action. |
gibber | Chatter inarticulately; of monkeys. They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them. |
incoherent | Not logical or internally consistent. He was incoherent with sentiment. |
lipstick | Apply lipstick to. Her lipstick was smudged. |
mumble | Say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear. The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food. |
murmur | A recurring sound heard in the heart through a stethoscope that is usually a sign of disease or damage. She murmured softly to the baby in her arms. |
mutter | Make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath. Back benchers were muttering about the next reshuffle. |
palter | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. This great work should not be paltered with. |
prattle | Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle. |
prevaricate | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions. |
smear | Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance. Someone was trying to smear her by faking letters. |
smirch | Make (something) dirty; soil. I am not accustomed to having my honour smirched. |
smudge | Make a smudge on soil by smudging. He had a smudge on his cheek. |
spot | Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition. The men were spotted by police. |
stain | Produce or leave stains. Red powder paint can stain. |
sully | Make dirty. Sully someone s reputation. |
tint | Dye someone s hair with a tint. The sky was taking on an apricot tint. |
unclear | Not easy to see, hear, or understand. Users are still unclear about what middleware does. |
vague | Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning. Many patients suffer vague symptoms. |
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