slatterns

Unkempt, careless housekeepers

Slatterns are women or girls considered to be slovenly or untidy in appearance or habits, often used in a derogatory manner: The old tales often spoke of slatterns who lived in disarray.

appearance

slovenly

Untidy and careless

grubby · scruffy · shabby · bedraggled · frowsy · blowsy · rumpled · frumpy · dowdy · ragged

morality

promiscuous

Sexually undiscriminating

shameless · unchaste · fallen · lewd · hussy · trollop · tramp · wanton · strumpet · floozy

housekeeping

squalor

Dirty, degraded living conditions

  • filthFoul, accumulated matter
  • grimeIngrained surface dirt
  • clutterUntidy collection of items

disarray · messiness · dirtiness · neglect · disrepair · chaos · shambles · pigsty · hovel · dusty

sexism

misogyny

Hostility toward women

patriarchy · double standard · shaming · prejudice · objectification · pejorative · archaic · Victorian · judgmental · moralizing

Opposites
domestic tidiness and care

slatternshousekeepers

People who clean residences

domestic goddesses · homemakers · neat freaks · Martha Stewart

moral reputation (archaic sense)

slatternsprudes

Overly modest people

ladies · gentlewomen · matrons · paragons

Family

slattern, slatternly

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13