Antonyms for slur
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : slur |
| Phonetic Transcription : slÉœr |
Definition of slur
Origin :- "deliberate slight, disparaging or slighting remark," c.1600, from dialectal slur "thin or fluid mud," from Middle English slore (mid-15c.), cognate with Middle Low German sluren, Middle Dutch sloren "to trail in mud." Related to East Frisian sluren "to go about carelessly," Norwegian slora "to be careless." Literal sense of "a mark, stain, smear" is from 1660s in English. The musical sense (1746) is from the notion of "sliding." Meaning "act or habit of slurring" in speech is from 1882.
- noun insult
- verb insult
- verb mumble words
- He had not forgotten the slur of the captain and had spirit enough to resent it.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- The face of the American flushed at the slur, but he held himself in hand.
- Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
- There was the slur of Flagg about his slack efficiency in meeting the schemes of Craig.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- "Your words are hardly worthy of you, Fred," replied Jack, hurt at the slur.
- Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
- In one case, where Mark has a slur on physicians, Luke eliminates it.
- Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
- Miss Milliken bridled reproachfully at this slur on her sex.
- Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- Yet the slur upon her identity could always 276hurt Nancy Nelson.
- Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
- You've thrown a slur upon her which people will never forget.
- Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
- No blame can be attached to Columbus, no slur can be cast on his fair fame.
- Extract from : « Notable Voyagers » by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
- You did not intend to cast a slur upon the idea of competition?
- Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin
Synonyms for slur
- accusation
- affront
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bar sinister
- black eye
- blacken
- blemish
- blister
- blot
- blow off
- blur
- brand
- brickbat
- calumniate
- calumny
- cap
- chop
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- defame
- denigrate
- detract
- dirty dig
- discredit
- disgrace
- dump
- dump on
- expose
- garble
- give a black eye
- hit
- hit where one lives
- innuendo
- insinuate
- insinuation
- kick in the teeth
- knock
- libel
- malign
- miff
- mispronounce
- miss
- obloquy
- odium
- offend
- onus
- push
- put down
- put-down
- rap
- reflection
- reproach
- roast
- scorch
- skin alive
- skip
- slam
- slander
- slap in the face
- slight
- smear
- snub
- spatter
- stain
- stigma
- stricture
- stutter
- tear down
- traduce
- vilify
- zing
- zinger
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