His sexist slur was broadcasted across the country.
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Slur
//slɜː//
Synonyms for "slur" (326 found)
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Closest matches (66)
Strong matches (97)
Verb(49 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (163)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
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3 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
103 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- легато noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- оскърбление noun (insult or slight)
- обиждам verb (to insult or slight)
- опетнявам verb (to soil, sully, to contaminate, disgrace)
Danish
1 entries- skældsord noun (insult or slight)
Dutch
1 entries- legatoboog noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
Finnish
4 entries- herja noun (insult or slight)
- legato-jakso noun (set of notes)
- legato-kaari noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- loukkaus noun (insult or slight)
French
4 entries- coulé noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- injure noun (insult or slight)
- insulte noun (insult or slight)
- legato noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
Galician
2 entries- alcume noun (insult or slight)
- gafume noun (insult or slight)
German
4 entries- Beleidigung noun (insult or slight)
- Bindebogen noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- Verunglimpfung noun (insult or slight)
- undeutlich reden verb (to articulate poorly)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyalázkodás noun (insult or slight)
- leszólás noun (insult or slight)
- gyaláz verb (to insult or slight)
- leszól verb (to insult or slight)
Irish
2 entries- tarcaisne noun (insult or slight)
- aithisigh verb (to insult or slight)
Italian
4 entries- legatura di espressione noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- legatura di frase noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- legatura di portamento noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- biascicare verb (to articulate poorly)
Japanese
4 entries- 卑罵語 noun (insult or slight)
- 蔑称 noun (insult or slight)
- 軽蔑語 noun (insult or slight)
- 舌がもつれる verb (to articulate poorly)
Macedonian
2 entries- слева verb (to articulate poorly)
- слева verb (to play legato)
Māori
3 entries- rōnaki noun (set of notes)
- tīkai noun (insult or slight)
- tīkai verb (to insult or slight)
Polish
3 entries- obelga noun (insult or slight)
- oszczerstwo noun (insult or slight)
- bełkotać verb (to articulate poorly)
Portuguese
3 entries- insulto noun (insult or slight)
- ligadura noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- arrastar verb (to articulate poorly)
Russian
4 entries- инсинуа́ция noun (insult or slight)
- клеветни́ческое обвине́ние noun (insult or slight)
- лега́то noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- оскорби́тельный намёк noun (insult or slight)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ceangal noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mrljati verb (printing: to blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle)
- nerazgovetno govoriti verb (to articulate poorly)
- nerazgovjetno govoriti verb (to articulate poorly)
- nipodaštavati verb (to insult or slight)
Spanish
4 entries- insulto discriminatorio noun (insult or slight)
- insulto racista noun (insult or slight)
- insulto étnico noun (insult or slight)
- legato noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
Swedish
2 entries- bindebåge noun (symbol indicating a legato passage)
- sluddra verb (to articulate poorly)
Turkish
3 entries- aşağılama noun (insult or slight)
- hakaret noun (insult or slight)
- aşağılamak verb (to insult or slight)
Ukrainian
1 entries- слюр noun (insult or slight)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
My uncle would always slur his words when he had had too much to drink.
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"Gypsy" is a racial slur.
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There, hundreds of thousands of viewers watched him use an obscure racist slur to describe a cameraman working for his opponent.
Source: tatoeba (10919269)
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