🧦 Untidy or messy 🧔 A messy person 📝 Careless or messy

slobby

1 7.4

Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks

adjective
/ˈslɑːbi/

Informal

: desaliñado

His room was so slobby that he could barely see the floor through the piles of clothes.

Examples

I'm slobby, I'm smelly.

Turning Red (2022)
She had a slobby appearance after skipping her morning shower and wearing wrinkled clothes.
After a week of neglect, my desk had become a slobby mess filled with old papers and empty coffee cups.

Synonyms

messy

vsslobby

233 1.0

Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place

adds an idea of carelessness in habits as well as disorder

sloppy

vsslobby

155 2.0

Untidy and done without care

focuses more on general messiness in appearance and habits

scruffy

vsslobby

23 3.8

Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance

is similar but more about messy habits than shabby clothing

unkempt

vsslobby

13 5.1

Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes

adds that this neglect often shows through careless habits and mess

raggedy

vsslobby

Informal

12 4.0

Something that looks worn, torn, and messy

focuses more on overall untidiness and careless grooming rather than wear

untidy

vsslobby

11 1.0

Not neat, with things like papers or clothes left around

adds that this lack often comes from careless personal habits

slovenly

vsslobby

5 6.9

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

is the same general idea but highlights careless appearance and habits

bedraggled

vsslobby

4 7.0

Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud

covers messiness in all situations, not only after being wet

scuzzy

vsslobby

Offensive

4 8.6

Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors

focuses more simply on messiness and careless appearance without moral tone

slutty

vsslobby

Archaic

1 9.9

A room or place that is very messy and dirty

is the common modern word for messy, untidy appearance and habits

scroungy

vsslobby

1 7.7

Dirty and untidy in appearance

adds that the messiness often comes from careless personal habits

slobbish

vsslobby

Informal

8.1

Acting untidy and lazy, often leaving rooms and dishes messy

emphasises messy appearance and careless routines rather than laziness alone

matty

vsslobby

8.2

Having hair or fabric that is messy and stuck together in clumps

places more weight on personal untidiness and careless behaviour

disty

vsslobby

Slang

9.9

Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places

is the neutral description used in everyday or formal contexts

raggie

vsslobby

9.9

Having old torn clothes and looking untidy

is broader, covering messy appearance and careless personal habits

trampy

vsslobby

Offensive

8.6

Looking dirty and untidy like someone who lives on the streets

is a neutral label for messiness without implying vagrant resemblance

daggy

vsslobby

Australian

9.9

Shaggy and dirty, with clumps of dried mud or hair stuck to it

is wider, describing untidiness and careless habits generally rather than matting

Antonyms

neat

144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

orderly

55 2.4

Arranged in a tidy, organized way

tidy

47 1.0

Having things in order with no mess

How Messy

filthy

183 1.5

slovenly

5 6.9

slobby

Informal

1 7.4

messy

233 1.0

untidy

11 1.0

Surface Forms

slobby positive

slobbier comparative

slobbiest superlative

Morphology

slobby = slob (transparent) = slob + y

Formed by the productive suffix '-y' from the noun 'slob', meaning 'having the qualities of a slob', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Slobby comes from the word slob with the ending -y, and it is like the word sloppy. Think of slob as connected to slop ('messy liquid'), so slobby describes someone or something that looks untidy and messy.