SLURRING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

slurring

verb

present participle of slur

as in crooning

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as in insulting

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Before then, monochromatic clips show Karol and Mars racing around on go-karts, trading lyrics back and forth in the empty lower bowl seating area, and crooning over a guitar backstage.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
In a profoundly prolific decade, Texas singer-songwriter Charley Crockett has refined a soulful country purview, crooning sweetly about love and perseverance in misfortune and yielding rave reviews and Grammy nominations.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of crooning

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Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Griffin brought up the moment as the cohosts discussed Andy Cohen apologizing for previously insulting Dancing With the Stars performer Julia Stiles, who called the Watch What Happens Live host out on DWTS earlier this week.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of insulting

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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
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of blaspheming

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Teesside instead saw itself as half-forgotten by the UK government, then the butt of jokes and disparaging coverage.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But for as much as Kirk was revered on the right, he was reviled on the left, facing pushback for comments disparaging immigrants and transgender people and questioning the qualifications and capabilities of women and Black Americans.

— Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of disparaging

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The chihuahuan raven has a somewhat different vocalization, with more of a trilling quality to its croak.

— Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.

— Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026

Definition of trilling

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