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SLUTTISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sluttish mean?
• SLUTTISH (adjective)
The adjective SLUTTISH has 2 senses:
1. characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
2. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Familiarity information: SLUTTISH used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
Synonyms:
blowsy; blowzy; slatternly; sluttish
Similar:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
Derivation:
sluttishness (in the manner of a slattern)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Synonyms:
easy; light; loose; promiscuous; sluttish; wanton
Context example:
wanton behavior
Similar:
unchaste (not chaste)
Derivation:
sluttishness (in the manner of a slattern)
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