Slatternly vs Sluttish - What's the difference?
slatternly | sluttish | Synonyms |
Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.
*1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
*:The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh to combat this mournful reinvasion of darkness, seemed, in the lawyer's eyes, like a district of some city in a nightmare.
(vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
(chiefly, dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.
* 1815' ('''1823 reprint), Walter Scott, ''Guy Mannering'', in the ''Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverly , volume 3:
* 1996 February 7, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary'' ([http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bridget-joness-diary-1317699.html], accessed 2009-08-03), in ''The Independent (London):
Sluttish is a synonym of slatternly.
As adjectives the difference between slatternly and sluttish
is that slatternly is appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern while sluttish is like a slut; sexually promiscuous.As an adverb slatternly
is in a slatternly manner.slatternly
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Adjective
(en adjective)sluttish
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an air of liberal, though sluttish , plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
- "Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up "
