slurred
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- adjective
- /slɜrd/
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- After a long night of drinking, his speech became noticeably slurred and hard to follow.
- slurred speech
It was a little slower and it sounds slurred.
- It was a little slower and it sounds slurred.
- It can cause a slurred speech or difficulty understanding language, imbalance problems, walking, even cognitive problems.
Examples
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His voice is rough and slurred; his split lip impedes his diction.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Olmstead," she said in a slurred voice that told Seth she was drunk.
Fiction book (1995) -
My speech is slurred but that wears off after a few hours.
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"Rob's speech was more slurred than he would have expected.
Fiction book (1991) -
In this state, one's speech is slurred, rapid, loud, and incomprehensible.
Academic text (1990) -
Look out for hypothermia, things like slurred speech and irrational behavior.
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Her slurred words weren't maudlin or raging, but hard, simple, and bitter.
Fiction book (1993) -
A scattered chorus of "Uh-huhs" from the afterwork crowd punctuated his slurred point.
Fiction book (1996) -
The storyteller was hidden among them, and his voice—a slurred yet authoritative baritone—was the only one audible.
Fiction book (2001) -
She spoke with a slurred voice after recovering from the flu, making her difficult to understand.
Synonyms
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Having speech that sounds unclear and hard to understand
Speaking with short, broken pauses because of nervousness
Antonyms
How Unclear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word slurred comes from the old word slur, which meant 'to slide' or 'to slip'. Think of sounds slipping or sliding into each other so you cannot tell them apart, and that is why slurred describes speech that is not clear.