ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sluttish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈslʌtɪʃ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Sluttish is an adjective meaning (vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.

Meaning

(vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.

More Meanings

  1. (chiefly dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.

Example Sentences

"Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up […]"
[…] an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
[…] and it was dark and sluttish as all Burmese rooms are, though U Po Kyin had furnished it 'Ingaleik fashion' with a veneered sideboard and chairs […]"
His name was perhaps the least likely ever to have been young: it evoked for me the sunless complexion, unaired suiting, steel-rimmed glasses of a ledger clerk in a vanished age. Or had done so, before I found my beautiful, cocky, sluttish Arthur—an Arthur it was impossible to imagine old.

Synonyms for sluttish

Depending on context, synonyms include slatternly, slutty, wanton, light, easy, promiscuous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slatternly, blowsy, easy, blowzy, untidy, wanton.

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