| diss | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. affront, diss, insult | treat, mention, or speak to rudely.; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| insult | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. abuse, contumely, insult, revilement, vilification | a rude expression intended to offend or hurt.; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ low blow | unscrupulous abuse. |
| ~ billingsgate, scurrility | foul-mouthed or obscene abuse. |
| ~ stinger, cut | a remark capable of wounding mentally.; "the unkindest cut of all" |
| ~ invective, vituperation, vitriol | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will. |
| n. (act) | 2. affront, insult | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ indignity | an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem. |
| ~ scandalisation, scandalization, outrage | the act of scandalizing. |
| slur | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. slur | (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato. |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| ~ tie | (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| n. (communication) | 2. aspersion, slur | a disparaging remark.; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" |
| ~ derogation, disparagement, depreciation | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ ethnic slur | a slur on someone's race or language. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot | a blemish made by dirt.; "he had a smudge on his cheek" |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| ~ blotch, splodge, splotch | an irregularly shaped spot. |
| ~ fingermark, fingerprint | a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. |
| ~ inkblot | a blot made with ink. |
| v. (creation) | 4. slur | play smoothly or legato.; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ spiel, play | replay (as a melody).; "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" |
| v. (communication) | 5. slur | speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur.; "your comments are slurring your co-workers" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| v. (communication) | 6. slur | utter indistinctly. |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (change) | 7. blur, dim, slur | become vague or indistinct.; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory.; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
| insult | | |
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