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1. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
    
2. A disparaging remark
   "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility";
   - aspersion
    
3. A blemish made by dirt
   - smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch

1. (music) play smoothly or legato
   "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
    
2. Speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
   "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
    
3. Utter indistinctly
    
4. Become vague or indistinct
   "The distinction between the two theories slurred";
   - blur, dim

Derived forms: slurred, slurs, slurring

See also: smooth over

Type of: blemish, defect, denote, depreciation, derogation, disparagement, mar, mouth, musical notation, play, refer, speak, spiel, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, weaken

Encyclopedia: Slur