Definition of Slovenly person

1. Noun. A coarse obnoxious person.

Exact synonyms: Pig, Slob, Sloven
Specialized synonyms: Litter Lout, Litterbug, Litterer, Slattern, Slovenly Woman, Slut, Trollop
Generic synonyms: Vulgarian
Derivative terms: Slovenly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slovenly Person

sloughing
sloughing phagedena
sloughing ulcer
sloughs
sloughy
slovakia
slove
sloven
slovenia
slovenlier
slovenliest
slovenlike
slovenliness
slovenlinesses
slovenly
slovenly person (current term)
slovenly woman
slovenness
slovenry
slovens
slow
slow-cook
slow-motion
slow-moving
slow-reacting factor of anaphylaxis
slow-reacting substance
slow-walk
slow-witted
slow-wittedness
slow as a snail

Literary usage of Slovenly person

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"Dirty, slovenly person, in his body, dress, etc. ... Dirty, slovenly person with a dusty-looking uncleaned body and neglected dress; such a neglected, ..."

2. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"Dirty, slovenly person, in his body, dress, etc. ... Dirty, slovenly person with a dusty-looking uncleaned body and neglected dress; such a neglected, ..."

3. The Guild of Good Life: A Narrative of Domestic Health and Economy by Benjamin Ward Richardson (1886)
"I want to add to this, that the habit of the tidy person is healthy, while that of the slovenly person is not healthy and never can be. ..."

4. The Christian Leaders of the Last Century: Or, England a Hundred Years Ago by John Charles Ryle (1869)
"... Master of one of the colleges: 'Who is that slovenly person with his stockings down V The master replied : ' That slovenly person, as you call him, ..."

5. A New English-German and German-English Dictionary: Containing All the Words by Adolphus Bernays (1834)
"—net, B. drag-net, draw-net fig. slovenly person; slut. ... sort of fishing-net; slovenly person; slut. —fei(, n. towing- rope, halser. ..."

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