😒 Rude or coarse 🛋️ Untidy or lazy

slobbish

8.1

Acting untidy and lazy, often leaving rooms and dishes messy

adjective
/ˈslɑːbɪʃ/

Informal

: descuidado

After a long week, he became quite slobbish and left dishes everywhere.

Examples

His slobbish behavior annoyed everyone at the party.
Don't be so slobbish when guests come over!
His slobbish habits made his room very messy.
She felt embarrassed by her slobbish appearance at the party.
She felt embarrassed by her slobbish appearance at the party.
His slobbish habits made his room very messy.
After a long week, he became quite slobbish and left dishes everywhere.

Synonyms

lazy

vsslobbish

355 1.0

Not willing to work or make an effort

adds an untidy, messy appearance and poor habits to unwillingness to work

scruffy

vsslobbish

23 3.8

Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance

covers both untidiness and lazy behaviour rather than only shabby looks

slovenly

vsslobbish

5 6.9

Being messy and dirty in the way a person looks or acts

includes careless behaviour and lacking effort in addition to untidiness

lackadaisical

vsslobbish

5 8.6

Showing little energy or interest and doing things slowly and carelessly

emphasises untidiness and lazy actions rather than low energy alone

slothful

vsslobbish

4 7.2

Not willing to work and often inactive

also implies untidiness in behaviour, not only lack of effort

slutty

vsslobbish

Archaic

1 9.9

A room or place that is very messy and dirty

is a general word for untidiness and lazy behaviour, not only archaic usage

slobby

vsslobbish

Informal

1 7.4

Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks

is also defined by laziness as well as untidiness

bone-lazy

vsslobbish

Offensive

7.9

Not willing to do any work most of the time

is milder, adding messy habits and untidiness to extreme unwillingness to act

Antonyms

neat

144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

tidy

47 1.0

Having things in order with no mess

diligent

37 3.6

To work carefully and try hard to finish tasks

How Messy

squalid

9 7.1

sloppy

155 2.0

slobbish

Informal

8.1

messy

233 1.0

untidy

11 1.0

Surface Forms

slobbish positive

slobbisher comparative

slobbishest superlative

Morphology

slobbish = slob (transparent) = slob + slob + ish

Direct derivation from 'slob' with '-ish' yielding 'characteristic of a slob', which matches 'untidy, lazy' clearly.

Etymology

Slobbish comes from the word slob plus the ending -ish, so it literally means 'like a slob'. A slob is a lazy, messy person, so slobbish describes untidy, lazy habits or appearance.