trampish
8.9
Looking dirty and worn, like someone who lives on the street
- adjective
- /ˈtræmpɪʃ/
- Offensive
:
harapiento (despectivo, informal)
- Despite his trampish appearance, he had a kind heart and always helped those in need.
Examples
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Living in such trampish conditions made it difficult for him to find a stable job.
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I didn't look exactly trampish, but I was not sartorially flaunting my prosperity before Marge's cynical eyes, either.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her trampish clothing gave her a free-spirited look as she wandered through the city.
Synonyms
scruffy
vstrampish
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3.8
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
adds stronger idea of being disreputable not just messy
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8.6
Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors
focuses more on looking like a vagrant than moral dirtiness
8.6
Looking dirty and untidy like someone who lives on the streets
stresses disreputable qualities as well as shabby appearance
9.9
Appearing in a way people think is sexually loose or rude
describes outer shabby vagrant qualities rather than sexual behaviour
Antonyms
How Shabby
Surface Forms
trampish positive
Morphology
Etymology
Trampish comes from the word tramp, which meant a person who walks a lot or a homeless person, and the ending -ish meaning 'like' or 'somewhat'. So trampish means 'somewhat like a tramp', for example shabby, untidy, or disreputable.