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Adjective: slurred  slurd
  1. Spoken as if with a thick tongue
    "his words were slurred";
    - thick
Verb: slur (slurred,slurring)  slur
  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

See also: smooth over, unintelligible

Type of: denote, mouth, play, refer, speak, spiel, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, weaken

Encyclopedia: Slur