SLOVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sloven mean? 

• SLOVEN (noun)
  The noun SLOVEN has 1 sense:

1. a coarse obnoxious person

  Familiarity information: SLOVEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOVEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coarse obnoxious person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pig; slob; sloven; slovenly person

Hypernyms ("sloven" is a kind of...):

vulgarian (a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloven"):

litter lout; litterbug; litterer (a person who litters public places with refuse)

slattern; slovenly woman; slut; trollop (a dirty untidy woman)

Derivation:

slovenly (negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt)