What is another word for sloppy?
Synonyms for sloppy
ˈslɒp islop·py
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Princeton's WordNet
sloppyadjective
lacking neatness or order
"a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, haphazard, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddyAntonyms:
dry, unemotional, tidy, tight, carefulsloppyadjective
wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
"a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, haphazard, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddyAntonyms:
unemotional, tidy, dry, tight, carefulboggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterloggedadjective
(of soil) soft and watery
"the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
Synonyms:
dingy, miry, waterlogged, spongy, squishy, pulpy, murky, mucky, loose-fitting, haphazard, baggy, sloughy, torpid, inert, dirty, turbid, mirky, doughy, spongelike, marshy, sluggish, cloudy, swampy, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddy, muddiedAntonyms:
dry, tight, unemotional, tidy, carefulbaggy, loose-fitting, sloppyadjective
not fitting closely; hanging loosely
"baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, haphazard, baggy, sloughy, marshy, swampy, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddyAntonyms:
tight, careful, dry, unemotional, tidyoveremotional, sloppyadjective
excessively or abnormally emotional
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, haphazard, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddyAntonyms:
careful, tight, dry, tidy, unemotionalhaphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppyadjective
marked by great carelessness
"a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, swampy, marshy, squashy, hit-or-miss, haphazard, slapdash, soggy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, boggy, muddyAntonyms:
dry, careful, tight, tidy, unemotional
Editors Contribution
soggy
the thick, soggy mass of fallen leaves
Submitted by Cindrella on August 26, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sloppy":
careless, negligent, disordered, sentimental, neglectful, disorderly, muddy, clumsy, messy
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4328 | dirty | |
#4709 | cloudy | |
#14281 | messy | |
#18321 | muddy | |
#22327 | sloppy | |
#24701 | sentimental | |
#24888 | careless | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#27289 | inert | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#34500 | disordered | |
#38136 | murky | |
#39319 | disorderly | |
#43640 | baggy | |
#50150 | soggy | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#58851 | haphazard | |
#63955 | squishy | |
#68626 | swampy | |
#71849 | spongy | |
#86253 | marshy | |
#87608 | boggy | |
#88701 | turbid | |
#93638 | mucky | |
#95066 | waterlogged | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#135003 | muddied | |
#163199 | slapdash | |
#167639 | pulpy | |
#188091 | torpid | |
#191801 | doughy | |
#194281 | slipshod | |
#279591 | miry |
How to use sloppy in a sentence?
I think it's going to be very earnings-driven, it's a sloppy market because it's summer time. But yes, people will be focusing on some of the bigger names to see how they perform.
I just assumed it was a parks employee that got a little sloppy, i didn't give it a second thought.
This is sloppy military work, this is the reckless and irresponsible, imprecise and frankly uncaring approach to operations in Syria that the Russians have taken on.
They tell us that we’re celebrities and to present ourselves well, but then they throw us out there with these drunk fans, you have to take pictures with anyone who asks. You ca n’t refuse a picture with anyone. If there’s a sloppy drunk who you know just wants to put his hands on you, you just have to deal with it and do it.
The price paid for having a free press is a lot of irresponsible and sloppy journalism.
Translations for sloppy
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- недоизкусуренBulgarian
- schlampigGerman
- desprolijoSpanish
- huolimaton, epätarkka, vetelä, väljä, vetinenFinnish
- négligéFrench
- hanyag, felületesHungarian
- cerobohIndonesian
- ずさん, ぐちゃぐちゃ, だらしないJapanese
- kūrarirari, pakirara, hakuhakutai, hakirara, hakuraraMāori
- slordigDutch
- niechlujnyPolish
- desleixadoPortuguese
- неаккура́тный, неря́шливый, небре́жный, мо́крый, свобо́дный, сля́котныйRussian
- недбалийUkrainian
- luộm thuộmVietnamese
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