Communication
Synonyms for slur
The synonym for slur recorded in this bank is aspersion, in the sense "a disparaging remark". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for slur
- aspersionnoun, in the sense "a disparaging remark"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for slur.
a disparaging remark
It is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility.
The true synonym
aspersion
Same sentence, swapped: It is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any aspersion on his virility.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- patronage
- disdain
- condescension
Where slur turns up in the game
slur is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play slur
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so slur reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company slur keeps.
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