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Sloppy

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Emotional 84% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Emotional 84% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

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Loose 84% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Loose 84% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Untidy 84% connected

Unseasonable; untimely.

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Untidy 84% connected

Unseasonable; untimely.

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Wet 84% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Wet 84% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Mire 74% connected

An ant.

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Mire 74% connected

An ant.

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Muddiness 74% connected

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muddiness 74% connected

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slop 74% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slop 74% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sloppiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

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Sloppiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

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Synonym 14

Baggy 92% connected

Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Boggy 92% connected

Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Haphazard 92% connected

Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Marshy 92% connected

Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Miry 92% connected

Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mucky 92% connected

Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muddy 92% connected

Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quaggy 92% connected

Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slapdash 92% connected

In a bold, careless manner; at random.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slipshod 92% connected

Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sloughy 92% connected

Full of sloughs, miry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Soggy 92% connected

Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Squashy 92% connected

Easily squashed; soft.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swampy 92% connected

Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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