The Clue
Aspersions (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SLURS
Tags
Notes
The answer SLURS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Calumniates
Calumnies
Disparages
Insults
Putdowns
Slights
Vilipends
Bad-mouths
Disparaging comments
Legato effects
Marks for a score
Talks like a tosspot
Nasty remarks
Pronounces indistinctly
Pronounces poorly
Snide remarks
Speaks carelessly
Speaks tipsily
Staff connections
Produces lush sounds?
"Yellow-bellied coward" and others
Definition
SLUR as a noun:
1. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
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"
3. (smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur) = a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
SLUR as a verb:
1. play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
2. speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
3. utter indistinctly
4. (blur, dim, slur) = become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"