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Slurred
- verb - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
- play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
- speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
- spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
- utter indistinctly
Smeared
- verb - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
Sneered
- verb - express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"
- smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"
Sobered
- verb - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
- become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
- cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"
Sparred
- verb - box lightly
- fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
- fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"
- furnish with spars
Speared
- verb - pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
- thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
Spurred
- verb - equip with spurs; "spur horses"
- give heart or courage to
- goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
- incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"
- strike with a spur
Squared
- verb - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- having been made square
- make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
- pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
- position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
- raise to the second power
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
Squired
- verb - attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
Starred
- verb - be the star in a performance
- feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man"
- mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"
- marked with an asterisk; "the starred items"