shlump

Unkempt idle person

Shlump is a Yiddish-influenced word for a slovenly, unkempt, or lazy person—someone who shuffles through life without energy or care for appearance: He's been a complete shlump since he lost his job.

As a verb, to shlump is to move in a sluggish, dragging manner: She shlumped around the house all weekend.

Also spelled schlump.

appearance

disheveled

Untidy in appearance

frumpy · schlubby · dowdy · shabby · scruffy · bedraggled · wrinkled · messy · tousled · grubby

posture

slouch

Drooping, lazy posture

sag · loll · flop · sprawl · collapse · wilt · hang · bend · bow · lounge

person

slob

Habitually untidy person

lazybones · loafer · bum · lump · oaf · slacker · nebbish · deadbeat

lethargy

sluggish

Slow and inactive

fatigued · drained · exhausted · languid · torpid · dragging · plodding · shuffling · moping · lumbering

Opposites
ambition and drive

shlumpgo-getter

Ambitious, driven person

dynamo · mover and shaker · hustler · overachiever · self-starter

personal appearance and grooming

shlumpdandy

Fashion-obsessed gentleman

clotheshorse · fashionista · fashion plate · metrosexual · preppy

energy and vitality

shlumplive wire

Electrified conductor or dynamo

firecracker · spark plug · energizer · livewire · bundle of energy

Family

shlumpy, shlumps

Familiarity
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Profile
Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G