1
: a slovenly or boorish person
2
: an ordinary person
just some poor slob
Examples of slob in a Sentence
Some poor slob got robbed.
a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers
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Things got particularly ugly during 2016 presidential debates when he was asked to defend referring to women as fat pigs and slobs.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Delaney manages neighbor guy’s evolution from boorish slob to kind-hearted lover with ease, and Hoffman radiates a cool charisma as G. Sissy Spacek is predictably wonderful as Molly’s mother Gail, whose guilt over her daughter’s molestation led to a years-long estrangement.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
We Americans get slandered around the world as a bunch of fat, lazy, selfish slobs.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Orphaned Michelle has become a ward of the state, forced to live with Ted (Jason Alexander), an exploitative slob who sits around watching Vegas showgirls through his neurocaster while his bot version argues with the rebellious teen.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Delaney manages neighbor guy’s evolution from boorish slob to kind-hearted lover with ease, and Hoffman radiates a cool charisma as G. Sissy Spacek is predictably wonderful as Molly’s mother Gail, whose guilt over her daughter’s molestation led to a years-long estrangement.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
We Americans get slandered around the world as a bunch of fat, lazy, selfish slobs.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Orphaned Michelle has become a ward of the state, forced to live with Ted (Jason Alexander), an exploitative slob who sits around watching Vegas showgirls through his neurocaster while his bot version argues with the rebellious teen.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slob
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slob. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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