SLATTERN Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

slattern

noun

Definition of slattern

as in tramp

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as in sloven

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sloven
slob

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Noun

One of the tramps jumping off a freight car was the juvenile player, Frankie Darrow.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tramp

Noun

The stranger’s curse seems intended to inflict pain not only on the snobbish Anna, who cringes at the slob her son has become, but her pushy husband Walter (Adriano Giannini).

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026
There's also a fine line between over-curating yourself and being a slob.

— Charles Trepany, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Definition of slob

Noun

But, like a libertine desiring undiscovered pleasures, his appetite for new sensations only seemed to grow with time.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Last night, designer Aaron Esh—and generations of libertines old and new—brought the legendary British high street superbrand AllSaints back to its roots.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of libertine

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