1. spoken unclearly with sounds running together

1. past tense of slur; spoke unclearly or made sounds run together
2. past tense of slur; made damaging or insulting remarks about someone

Examples

• His slurred speech made it difficult to understand what he was saying.
• The patient’s words were slurred after the dental procedure.
• She slurred her words when she was extremely tired.
• The politician slurred his opponent’s reputation with false accusations.
• The recording was poor quality and the singer’s voice sounded slurred.
• After the accident, he slurred his consonants for several weeks.
• The critic slurred the artist’s work in a scathing review.