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- Dictionaryslurred/sləːd/
adjective
- 1. (of spoken words) pronounced indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another: "she called paramedics after being concerned about his slurred speech"
- 2. (of a group of two or more notes) performed legato: "a group of slurred notes"
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(Definition of slurred from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion; a shaming or degrading effect : stain, stigma… See the full definition
SLUR definition: 1. to pronounce the sounds of a word in a way that is wrong or not clear: 2. to sing or play notes…. Learn more.
adjective. indistinct and difficult to hear or understand. Her speech was so slurred as to be almost incomprehensible. One of the early symptoms of the disease is slurred speech. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'slurred' in a sentence. slurred.
Her words came out slurred because the right half of her mouth was drooping along with that whole side of her face. From Huffington Post Some common ones are slurred speech, difficulty walking and droopy eyelids.
3 days ago · adjective. spoken as if with a thick tongue. “his words were slurred ”. synonyms: thick. unintelligible. poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise.
n. 1. A disparaging remark; an aspersion. 2. A slurred utterance or sound. 3. Music. a. A curved line connecting notes on a score to indicate that they are to be played or sung legato. b. A passage played or sung in this manner. 4. Printing A smeared or blurred impression. [Probably from Middle English sloor, mud .]
