slur

Meanings

• (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
• a disparaging remark
  • "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
• a blemish made by dirt
• play smoothly or legato
  • "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
• speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
  • "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
• utter indistinctly
• become vague or indistinct

Synonyms

aspersion, blot, blur, daub, dim, smear, smirch, smudge, spot