Meaning & use
Slurred
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Spoken or pronounced indistinctly, with sounds or words running together, often due to intoxication, exhaustion, or impaired speech.
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His speech was slurred after a few too many drinks.
The tired toddler slurred her words as she fought to stay awake.
A note on using this word
In music, "slurred" notes are played smoothly connected without separation, marked by a curved line called a slur.
Words with a similar meaning
mumbledgarbled
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Words with an opposite meaning
enunciatedclear
Another way to use it
2. adjective
In music, played smoothly connected, without separation between notes.
The phrase should be slurred rather than played staccato.
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