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Slur

🔄 Synonyms of "Slur"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
dimnoun	Not bright or colorful.
blotnoun	A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
spotnoun	A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
aspersionnoun	An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
smirchnoun	(figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation.
smearnoun	(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
daubnoun	(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
blurnoun	To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
smudgenoun	To obscure by blurring; to smear.

↔️ Antonyms of "Slur"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
focusnoun	(uncountable) Concentration of attention.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slur"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
aspersionnoun	An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
blurnoun	(uncountable) Haziness, blurriness.
dimnoun	(archaic) Dimness.
smirchnoun	(figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation.
smudgenoun	A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
smearnoun	A mark made by smearing.
blotnoun	A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
spotnoun	A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
daubnoun	A crude or amateurish painting.
insultnoun	(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
affrontnoun	An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
slandernoun	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
calumniateverb	(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
malignverb	Malevolent.
disparagenoun	(obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
calumnynoun	(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
denigrationnoun	An unfair criticism.
libelnoun	(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
defamationnoun	The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
offensenoun	The act of offending.