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Adjectives (6)
sluttish, blowsy, blowzy, frowsy, slatternly, slovenly
adj. characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
Fuzzynyms (58)
dirty, soiled, unclean
adj. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
dowdy, frumpy, frumpish
adj. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
foul, filthy, nasty
adj. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
grubby, begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy
adj. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
untidy, cluttered, littered, messy, mussy
adj. (disorderly)
ragged, tatty, frayed, moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tattered
adj. showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
negligent
adj. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"
forgetful, neglectful, forgetful of, inattentive to, neglectful of
adj. failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
indifferent
adj. showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"
haphazard, hit-or-miss, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy
adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
tacky, undried
adj. (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
battered, bedraggled, beat-up, beaten-up, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound
adj. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
adhesive
adj. tending to adhere
pasty, gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous
adj. having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Synonyms (17)
careless, sloppy
adj. lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
disheveled, dishevelled, ungroomed
adj. in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers
scraggly, unkempt
adj. lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"
seedy, sleazy, scruffy
adj. shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
wild, shock-headed, unkempt, tousled, uncombed, uncombable
adj. used of hair: "wild unkempt hair"
unswept
adj. not having been swept; "unswept floors"
Antonyms (2)
tidy
adj. marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
careful
adj. exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
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