All slovenly synonyms
slov·en·ly
S s adj slovenly
- lousy — infested with lice.
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- disheveled — hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt: disheveled hair.
- dowdy — not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?
- fecal — of, relating to, or being feces.
- dreggy — abounding in or like dregs; filthy; muddy.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
- lowdown — the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- dogeared — (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- feculent — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- grubby — dirty; slovenly: children with grubby faces and sad eyes.
- cruddy — dirty or unpleasant
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- inefficient — not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
- filthy — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
- fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
- disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
- dishabille — the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
- mussy — untidy, messy, or rumpled.
- blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- messy — characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
- muddied — abounding in or covered with mud.
- blowzy — fat, ruddy, and coarse-looking
- mung — something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- dungy — excrement, especially of animals; manure.
- dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
adjective slovenly
- cluttered — filled with things or people in an untidy way
- frowzy — dirty and untidy; slovenly.
- faecal — feces.
- junky — of the nature of junk; trashy.
- disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- negligent — guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
- discinct — (archaic) ungirded; loosely dressed.