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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs
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as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family
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as in to insult
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Recent Examples of slur
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Thomas, 34, said that in the aftermath of the game she and her family have been threatened and that she has been called racial slurs.
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Henderson Hewes,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Someone suffering hypothermia might appear uncoordinated or slur their speech.
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Karl Hille,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Yet the words also include a slur that was sanitized in 1986—jarringly late.
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David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Thomas, 34, said that in the aftermath of the game she and her family have been threatened and that she has been called racial slurs.
—
Henderson Hewes,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Verb
In 2011, the actress had to be escorted offstage after slurring her words and rambling during a speech at an event honoring former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Someone suffering hypothermia might appear uncoordinated or slur their speech.
—
Karl Hille,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slur
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According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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The puncture left a hole in his sock between his big and middle toes, where a red stain formed.
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The latter would put a permanent stain on the 2026 World Cup and potentially damage the future of the sport in the United States.
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Gavin Newsom’s workplace issue The outgoing governor of California and anticipated 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom once made headlines for something other than trolling the president of the United States on social media.
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Renee Alvarez came to the parade from Omaha, Nebraska, to troll Dutch fans and celebrate with everyone else.
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But the pop culture of twelve years ago is baffling, uncanny, affronting.
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Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.
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Bluth family at the show's center, while Howard narrated the action with plenty of sarcasm.
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Avoid using silence, sarcasm or strategic distance when direct language would resolve the issue faster.
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The prosecutor’s subjective good faith does not cure the retaliatory taint.
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There’s a purity here, the course free from the taint of bureaucracy governing so much of the academy.
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Why would sharp-as-nails med school grads opt toward a presumably dead-end occupational route?
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For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
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How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
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“Slur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slur. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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