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SLOVEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coarse obnoxious person

Synonyms:

pig; slob; sloven; slovenly person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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