SLURRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slurred mean? 

• SLURRED (adjective)
  The adjective SLURRED has 1 sense:

1. spoken as if with a thick tongue

  Familiarity information: SLURRED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLURRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spoken as if with a thick tongue

Synonyms:

slurred; thick

Context example:

his words were slurred

Similar:

unintelligible (poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by slow and slurred speech resulting from an inability to coordinate the muscles used in speech.

(Dysarthria, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Slow and slurred speech resulting from inability to coordinate the muscles that are used in speech.

(Dysarthria, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to this substance causes neurological symptoms, such as tremors and slurred speech.

(Chlordecone, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, and muscle weakness.

(Botulism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

In each case, not only are the ‘e’s’ slurred and the ‘r’s’ tailless, but you will observe, if you care to use my magnifying lens, that the fourteen other characteristics to which I have alluded are there as well.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)