slur
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
Types & categories
- musical notation hypernym
- tie hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
play smoothly or legato
the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata
Types & categories
- spiel hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a disparaging remark
in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion
Types & categories
- derogation hypernym
- ethnic slur hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
your comments are slurring your co-workers
Types & categories
- denote hypernym
Related & opposite
- aspersion derivation
Sense 5 noun
a blemish made by dirt
he had a smudge on his cheek
Types & categories
- blemish hypernym
- blotch hyponym
- fingermark hyponym
- inkblot hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
utter indistinctly
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
Sense 7 verb
become vague or indistinct
The distinction between the two theories blurred
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gloss over also see
- focalize antonym
- blur derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slur |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical notation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tie |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slur |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slander |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slur |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | derogation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethnic slur |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspersion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | denote |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smudge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smear |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smirch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleck |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smudgy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | blemish |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blotch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fingermark |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | inkblot |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 7 | also see | Related & opposite | gloss over |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | focalize |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | blur |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | efface |