Synonyms of slur
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Another word for slur is wound. Other synonyms of slur are abuse, spite, disrespect, soil and humble.
Synonyms and similar words for slur
verbTo insult or slight.
- abuseTo attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to...
- dis
- misuse
- affront
- burn slang
- carry slang
- cut down
- disrespectTo show a lack of respect to someone or something.
- diss informalTo put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
- give stickTo abuse, insult, or denigrate.
- heckle
- hurt someone's feelingsTo offend or emotionally hurt someone.
- insult
- lapidate
- qualifier
- misrespectTo show improper respect to or for; disrespect.
- offend
- send UK, slang
- scandalize
- slag UK, slangTo talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
- slag off slangTo talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.
- sledge Australia
- slight
- sneap dialectal
- spiteTo fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
- woundTo hurt (a person's feelings).
- misbid obsolete
- scandal obsoleteTo scandalize; to offend.
verbTo soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- debaseTo lower in position or rank.
- disparageTo dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak...
- befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
- tarnishTo compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
- abaseTo lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to...
- bring down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- cut down to size
- defameTo disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
- degradeTo lower in value or social position.
- demeanTo debase; to lower; to degrade.
- demoteTo lower the rank or status of.
- depressTo bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- discreditTo harm the good reputation of (a person).
- disgraceTo put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
- dishonour
- downgradeTo disparage.
- give a bad nameTo cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone.
- humbleTo defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
- humiliateTo make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- knock down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- put someone in their placeTo bring somebody down; to humble or rebuke.
- reduceTo bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- relegateConsign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or...
- sink figurativelyTo cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- trim down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- whittle down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- beclart UK, dialectalTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
- bedirtyTo dirty, soil; make dirty.
- bedizen UK, dialectalTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.
- begrimeTo ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something)...
- beshit figuratively, vulgarTo soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul.
- besmearTo smear over, to smear all over, to daub.
- besmirchTo make dirty.
- besullyTo make sullied or soiled; defile.
- blackenTo make dirty.
- blotTo impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- clatTo dirty.
- contaminateTo soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
- darkenTo make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- defileTo make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- dirtenTo make or become dirty or soiled.
- dirty
- elt ScotlandTo begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
- foulTo make dirty.
- gunkTo soil or make dirty.
- gunk upTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
- inquinateTo pollute or make dirty.
- scungeTo mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.
- sling mud
- slotterTo make filthy; to foul.
- smearTo make something dirty.
- smirchTo dirty; to make dirty.
- smudgeTo soil or smear with dirt.
- smutTo stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
- smutchTo soil, stain or smudge.
- soilTo make dirty.
- soss UK, dialectalTo soil; to make dirty.
- spotTo stain; to leave a spot (on).
- stainTo discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
- sullowTo sully.
- sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
- embase archaicTo bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate.
- assoil obsoleteTo make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.
- bedaub obsoleteTo smear upon; to soil.
- imbrue (especially with blood) archaic, literary
- befile obsoleteTo make filthy; befoul; soil.
- befilth rareTo cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
- beray archaic, obsoleteTo make foul; befoul; soil.
- bewray archaic, obsoleteTo soil or befoul; to beray.
- blur obsoleteTo smear, stain or smudge.
- file archaicTo defile.
- foil obsoleteTo defile; to soil.
- sowl obsoleteTo soil or stain; to dirty.
- uggle UK, dialectalTo make dirty.
verbTo cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
verbTo cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- bilk
- cozen
- dupe
- beglammer UK, dialectalTo bewitch; deceive; hoodwink.
- counterfeit
- deceiveTo trick or mislead.
- catch
- trap into
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- feign
- jiff slangTo deceive, swindle, trick.
- lead astray
- put on
Meaning of slur
- noun An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- noun A derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
- noun A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
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