slob

[ slob ]

noun

1. a slovenly or boorish person.
2. Irish English. mud or ooze, especially a stretch of mud along a shore.
3. Chiefly Canadian. sludge ( def 5 ).

slob

/ slɒb /

noun

1. informal.
   a slovenly, unattractive, and lazy person
2. mire

Derived Forms

• ˈslobbish, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slob¹

1770–80; < Irish slab ( a ) mud, mire

Word History and Origins

Origin of slob¹

C19: from Irish slab mud; compare slab

Example Sentences

Kelly asked Trump about his verbal tirades against women, whom he called “fat pigs,” “dogs,” “slobs” and “disgusting animals.”

From Seattle Times

He has some friends — acquaintances, really — whom he hates, mentally labeling them “the riffraff, the vulgarians, the slobs.”

From New York Times

I knew I was being absurd, a slob, a partial embarrassment, but I didn’t care.

From Salon

“Is the bulls**tter by his very nature a mindless slob? Is his product necessarily messy or unrefined?”

From Salon

“Like, aren’t there more important things we should be working on right now instead of, you know, that I might be dressing like a slob?”

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• lout