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Squalid vs Sluttish - What's the difference?

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Squalid is a related term of sluttish.


As adjectives the difference between squalid and sluttish

is that squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant while sluttish is (vulgar) like a slut; sexually promiscuous.

As a noun squalid

is (zoology) any member of the squalidae.

squalid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods

    sluttish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (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:
    • an air of liberal, though sluttish , plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
  • * 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):
    • "Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up "

    Synonyms

    * slatternly

    Derived terms

    * sluttishly * sluttishness

    Synonyms

    * slutty