slouchy

American  

[slou-chee] / ˈslaʊ tʃi /

adjective

slouchier, slouchiest

1. of or relating to a slouch or to a slouching manner, posture, etc.

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slouchy British  

/ ˈslaʊtʃɪ /

adjective

1. slouching; lazy

2. (of clothes) casual, soft, and relatively unstructured

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Other Word Forms

• slouchily adverb
• slouchiness noun
• unslouchy adjective

Etymology

Origin of slouchy

First recorded in 1685–95; slouch + -y ¹

Explanation

The adjective slouchy usually describes clothing that fits in a loose, unstructured way, like your favorite slouchy sweatshirt or the slouchy socks you wear to bed. You can describe people with stooped postures as slouchy: "The substitute teacher nervously entered the classroom full of slouchy teenagers." But it's far more common to talk about slouchy boots or a slouchy, hand-knit sweater. Slouchy comes from the noun slouch, which has a Scandinavian root and meant "lazy man" before it came to mean "stooping of the head and shoulders" as well.

Example Sentences

Siesholtz said her team input sketch ideas and prompted Raspberry AI to help create a soft and slouchy purse, going back and forth until they landed on the right design.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

I’d swapped handbags for the season — a slouchy straw tote with a teak handle traded for a forest-green suede pouch — and my wallet, apparently, hadn’t gotten the memo.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

De Sarno said that contrast extends to his latest designs, which paired luxurious evening looks and floral embroidery with casual jackets and slouchy denim.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

The most human of them is Jacques Louis Vidal’s “True Detective Staring at the Sun,” a 3-D plastic printout of a slouchy man with big feet who resembles a colorless comic book character.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

He was thin and slouchy, with the easy boastfulness that came with his inherited wealth, his famous surname.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie