slur 1 of 2

noun

ˈslər How to pronounce slur (audio)
Definition of slurnext
1
as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs

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2
as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family

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slur

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verb

1
as in to troll

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as in to insult

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Recent Examples of slur
Noun
An account from a person using the employee's name sent a number of messages to Miami's Damon Wilson II after the Hurricanes' 43-35 victory, including several racist and homophobic slurs. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Esquivel also claimed racial slurs were spray-painted outside his house. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
While being interviewed by the Minnesota State Police, Dokken was allegedly slurring her speech, but did not test positive for alcohol. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 Ali’s long time ring doctor, Ferdie Pacheco, had noticed that his reflexes were slowing and his speech was becoming slurred — going as far as to urge him to quit boxing. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for slur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slur
  1. insult
  2. stain
  3. troll
  4. affront
  5. sarcasm
  6. taint
  7. sharp
  8. blaspheme
Noun
  • Despite his notoriously fiery TV persona, the Gordon Ramsay meal kit doesn’t include any pre-packaged insults or threats to shut your kitchen down — just easy-to-follow recipe cards.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gillies was surprised to learn in researching the docu that the programmers came up with a rating system for calculating the relative weight of insults.
    — Will Tizard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of insult
Noun
  • Often, the words and language delivered to our brains come with a shine or a stain.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Patinkin cautions that long-wearing lipsticks and stains may dry too quickly to blend, while oily balms may not stay put on skin.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of stain
Verb
  • Berg suspects that much of it was trolling, but the episode prompted him to change his practices.
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Rams are now trolling the people who picked them as the Super Bowl favorites before the season began.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of troll
Verb
  • Iraq similarly felt scandalized that its sovereignty had been so blatantly affronted and disregarded.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the pop culture of twelve years ago is baffling, uncanny, affronting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of affront
Noun
  • Piker says most viewers on his stream understood the comments as sarcasm.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a hint of sarcasm in that statement, but also a dose of reality.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of sarcasm
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  • The company has previously harvested grapes that could not be made into wine following wildfire smoke-taint, including from Cates’ own vineyard.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Even though Thiam denied knowledge of it and was cleared of involvement, the taint of the scandal led to his ouster.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of taint
Verb
  • In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Today there’s a rich universe of supplemental Pynchon material ranging from prose only an English PhD could unpack, to sharp analysis that makes the experience of reading Pynchon communal and fun.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Definition of sharp
Verb
  • Rushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026
  • For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of blaspheme

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“Slur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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