slurred

past tense of slur

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurred
Verb
  • No woman, under any circumstance, deserves to be insulted or humiliated.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Folklorist Thomas Keightley tells the tale of a kobold named Hödeken who was insulted by a kitchen boy who kept spraying water at him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Singing only in Spanish, the unassuming math teacher crooned his way into our hearts within seconds.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The black-and-white video featured special appearances by his wife Hailey and their son Jack as Bieber crooned.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While talking about his upcoming big-screen role in Marty Supreme, O’Leary disparaged background actors as expendable to the artistic process.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
  • However, characters with mental health conditions were primarily presented in a negative context and often stigmatized or disparaged.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On the way out, as a staffer closed down the merch stand and the lobby bars’ slushy machines quietly hummed, Donegan brought up the lyric about caviar dreams.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The bride shared that the moment left her feeling belittled, even as guests laughed along.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Advertisement Instead of being celebrated as trailblazers, these women are mocked by the press, underestimated by their colleagues, and belittled by society at large.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lamar fans also trolled Drake over the weekend after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Rap star Drake trolled Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani after the Toronto Blue Jays took a 3-2 series lead in the World Series.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Slurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurred. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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