slatternly

adjective slat·tern·ly \ ˈsla-tərn-lē \

Definition of slatternly

1 :untidy and dirty through habitual neglect; also :careless, disorderly

2 :of, relating to, or characteristic of a slut or prostitute

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slatternliness

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the biography portrays the poet as a debauched scoundrel whose companions were slatternly women and not the chaste maids he celebrated in his lyrics

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By sticking to Patti’s second-best status, and the deferred dreams of her slatternly mother, Barb (Bridget Everett), and her widowed, infirm grandmother, Nana (Cathy Moriarty), Jasper shows his condescension toward their toughness.

— armond white, National Review, "Class Consciousness, French- and American-Style," 18 Aug. 2017
The one who took best actress was Marie Mullen, who portrayed Maureen, a 40-year-old virgin shackled to her imperious, housebound mother, Mag (the splendidly slatternly Anna Manahan).

— ben brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’: Oh Gosh, I’ve Turned Into My Mother," 15 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of slatternly

1677

slatternly Synonyms

Synonyms

skanky [slang], sleazy, sluttish, slutty, trampy

Related Words

whorish; indecent, lascivious, lewd, wanton; indecorous, unbecoming; corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, libertine, perverted, reprobate

Near Antonyms

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced); decent, decorous, genteel, polite, proper, seemly; celibate, chaste, modest, moral, pure, virtuous

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