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slob

slob

58 3.1
A person who is messy and does not care about their clothes or home
  • noun
  • /slɑb/
  • Offensive
translation icon : cochino (informal, ofensivo)
  • He's such a slob that his room is filled with dirty clothes and fast food wrappers.
  • look like a slob
  • call someone a slob
  • a lazy slob

Goofus is kind of a slob and selfish and lazy.

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Examples

Synonyms

schlub
vsslob
  • Offensive
8 9.9

A person who is lazy, messy, and a little socially awkward

describes being messy without implying laziness or social awkwardness
sloven
vsslob
  • Offensive
1 9.6

A person who is often untidy and not clean

focuses on general messiness rather than repeated dirtiness

Antonyms

neat-freak
  • Informal
7 7.9

A person who likes to keep things very clean and tidy

Idioms

to be a slob
  • Offensive
4 7.9

Act lazy and messy and not care about cleaning or keeping things tidy

How Messy

slob
  • Offensive
58 3.1
messy
233 1.0
untidy
11 1.0

Surface Forms

slob singular
slobs plural

Etymology

The word slob probably comes from an old Irish word meaning 'mud' or 'slime', so it once pictured someone who was dirty or covered in muck. Think of the English word sloppy, which also means messy, and that helps explain why a slob is a messy person.