The meaning of Slurs

noun

A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

Usage examples:

After leaving he made allegations of corruption against the company

noun

A statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal

Usage examples:

The allegations of corruption were not true.

noun

A statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but which has not been proved to be true

Usage examples:

Allegation about sth the chief executive of the company resigned last autumn over allegations about…

noun

An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.

Usage examples:

I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you

noun

A criticism, suggestion, or remark that damages another person's reputation

Usage examples:

She shrugs off the aspersions as an inevitable part of public life., his opponents cast aspersions …

noun

The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.

Usage examples:

A bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation

verb

Slander (someone).

Usage examples:

That passage takes us closer to the reason why he has been hated and calumnied for so long.

noun

The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.

Usage examples:

She sued him for defamation

verb

Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.

Usage examples:

The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice

noun

A garbled account or transmission.

Usage examples:

Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble

verb

To make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand

Usage examples:

It's bad when phones garble conversations.

noun

A charge or claim that someone has done something undesirable; an accusation.

Usage examples:

There are grounds for inquiring into the imputations of misconduct against him

noun

A suggestion that someone is guilty of something, or that something is the cause of something else

Usage examples:

An imputation against sb/sth nothing in the report carried any imputations against the company., an…

noun

An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

Usage examples:

She's always making sly innuendoes

noun

A remark that suggests something but does not refer to it directly, or this type of remark in general

Usage examples:

[ u ] the election campaign was marred by rumor and innuendo.

noun

An unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.

Usage examples:

I've done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations

noun

The action of suggesting, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true

Usage examples:

[ + that ] we resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward., i …

verb

Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.

Usage examples:

You're insulting the woman i love

noun

A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act.

Usage examples:

He hurled insults at us

verb

To act in a way or say something that is offensive or rude to someone

Usage examples:

Don’t insult me just because i can’t dance., an insulting remark, offering me so little money was a…

noun

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of a libel on a liverpool inspector of taxes

verb

Defame (someone) by publishing a libel.

Usage examples:

The jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper

noun

A piece of writing that says bad, false, and harmful things about a person, or the legal claim you make when you accuse someone in court of writing such things about you

Usage examples:

[ c ] the whole story was a vicious libel., [ u ] angry at what the newspaper had printed, she sued…

verb

To pronounce a sound wrongly

Usage examples:

The sounds most frequently misarticulated by xhosa-speaking children were the same phonemes english…

noun

The action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

Usage examples:

She is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation

noun

The act of giving false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Usage examples:

The statement is a clear and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts., tobacco companies were cha…

verb

Say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear.

Usage examples:

He mumbled something she didn't catch

noun

A quiet and indistinct utterance.

Usage examples:

Rosie had replied in a mumble

verb

Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

noun

The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

Usage examples:

He is suing the tv company for slander

verb

Make false and damaging statements about (someone).

Usage examples:

They were accused of slandering the head of state

noun

A false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation, or the making of such a statement

Usage examples:

[ u ] political campaigns are full of shameless slander., her statement was not meant to slander an…

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

Usage examples:

A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was desperate not to slight a guest

noun

An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

An unintended slight can create grudges

verb

Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

His face was smeared with dirt

noun

A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

There was an oil smear on his jacket

verb

Smudge or soil by smudging

verb

Speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.

Usage examples:

He turned red and started stammering

noun

A tendency to stammer.

Usage examples:

As a young man, he had a dreadful stammer

verb

To speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds; stutter

Usage examples:

[ i ] he stammers when he is nervous., robert has a slight stammer which was much worse when he was…