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| Main Entry: | sloppy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bedraggled, careless, clumsy, dingy, dirty, disheveled, inattentive, mediocre, muddy, poor, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, splashy*, tacky*, unkempt, untidy, watery, wet, botched, not clean, sludgy, slushy, unthorough |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, orderly, tidy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedraggled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unkempt |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dilapidated, dirty, disheveled, disordered, dowdy, faded, messy, muddy, run-down, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, sodden, soiled, tacky, tattered, threadbare, untidy, wet, drenched, dripping, muddied, stained, sullied |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, tidy |
| Main Entry: | cursory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, hasty |
| Synonyms: | brief, careless, desultory, fast, half-baked*, haphazard, hit or miss*, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical, depthless, half-assed |
| Notes: | cursory means 'superficial'; cursorial is 'pertaining or adapted to running' |
| Antonyms: | complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disheveled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrinkled, unkempt in appearance |
| Synonyms: | beat up*, bedraggled, dirty, disordered, frowzy*, grubby*, messy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, untidy, bagged out, blowzy, disarranged, disarrayed, messed up, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poorly dressed; old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy*, frumpy*, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, untidy, vintage, wrinkled, blowsy, scrubby, slatternly, unstylish |
| Antonyms: | chic, classy, fashionable, modern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | baggy, fat |
| Synonyms: | drooping, enervated, flaccid, floppy*, hanging, lax, limp, loose, pendulous, rusty, shapeless, slack, sloppy, soft, tender, unfit, yielding, flexuous, gone to seed, irresilient, out of condition, out of shape, sagging, toneless |
| Antonyms: | firm, lean, slim, taut, thin, tight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forgetful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending to not remember |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, careless, distracted, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, lax, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, remiss, slack, sloppy, unmindful, unwitting, airheaded, amnemonic, amnesic, asleep on the job, bemused, like an absent-minded professor, looking out window, mooning, moony, nirvanic, not on the job, out of it, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | attentive, mindful, remembering, recalling, retentive |
| Main Entry: | frumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dowdy |
| Synonyms: | baggy, dingy, drab, dull, homely, old-fashioned, outdated, plain, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, badly dressed, blowsy, frumpish, poorly dressed, unstylish |
| Main Entry: | grubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disheveled |
| Synonyms: | black, filthy, foul, frowzy*, grimy, grungy*, impure, messy, nasty, scruffy, seedy*, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, smutty*, soiled, sordid, squalid, unclean, unkempt, untidy, besmeared, mucky, scuzzy, uncleanly, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanly, neat, dressed-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grungy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty and unkempt |
| Synonyms: | dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, vile, wretched, cruddy, scummy, scuzzy, unwashed |
| Main Entry: | heedless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | daydreaming, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash*, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary, asleep at the switch, disregardful, goofing off, irreflective, out to lunch |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inefficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working well; wasteful |
| Synonyms: | can't hack it, careless, disorganized, extravagant, faulty, feeble, half-baked*, improficient, improvident, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inexpert, not cut out for, prodigal, shooting blanks, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfit, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, efficient, expert, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lax |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slack, remiss |
| Synonyms: | broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care*, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, general, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding, any way, asleep on job, behindhand, disregardful, imprecise, nonspecific, overindulgent, paying no mind |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, strict, tight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mawkish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, emotional |
| Synonyms: | cloying, feeble, gooey*, gushing, maudlin, mushy*, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, sickening, sloppy, bathetic, gushy, lovey-dovey, schmaltzy, tear-jerking, teary |
| Antonyms: | calm, serious, unemotional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | messy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cluttered, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blotchy*, careless, chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, disorganized, grimy, grubby*, muddled, raunchy*, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy, littered, rumpled, unfastidious |
| Antonyms: | clean, ordered, organized, uncluttered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark and cloudy |
| Synonyms: | addled, black, confused, dingy, dirty, dull, filthy, flat, foul, fuzzy, gloomy, greasy, grimy, grubby*, gummy*, hazy, impure, indistinct, marshy, obscure, opaque, sloppy, smoky, sodden, soggy, soiled, swampy, turbid, unclean, unclear, bemired, bespattered, blurred, boggy, caked, gunky, miry, mucky, roily, slushy, subfuse |
| Antonyms: | bright, clean, clear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | negligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, indifferent |
| Synonyms: | cursory, delinquent, derelict, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, lax, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy*, slovenly, thoughtless, unconcerned, unmindful, unthinking, asleep at switch, behindhand, discinct, disregardful, incurious, unheedful |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, mindful, successful, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nostalgic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | longingly remembering |
| Synonyms: | homesick, lonesome, longing, mushy*, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, wistful, yearning, cornball, down memory lane, drippy, like yesterday, syrupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any which way, culpable, daydreaming, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, any old way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, defaultant, disregardful, fainéant, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | romantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, idealistic |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, amorous, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, loving, maudlin, mushy*, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, starry-eyed, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild, bathetic, fairy-tale, lovey-dovey, soppy, syrupy, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | pragmatic, realistic, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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