Thesaurus:unkempt
English
Adjective
Sense: having an untidy appearance
Synonyms
- bedraggled
- blowsy
- dishevelled
- dowdy
- dowdyish
- down at heel (idiomatic)
- downgone
- qualifier
- draggle-tailed
- draggled
- frowsy
- frumpy
- grotty (Commonwealth, slang)
- grufty (British)
- grungy
- hashy (British)
- mangy
- mean [⇒ thesaurus]
- out at the heels (idiomatic)
- piggy
- ragtag
- ribby (British)
- schleppy
- schlumpy
- scratty (chiefly British)
- scrofulous (figuratively)
- scroungy (slang)
- scruffy
- scrungy
- seedy
- shabby
- slammocky
- slatternly
- slobbish
- slobby
- sloppy
- slovenlike (rare, archaic)
- slovenly
- slummocky
- sluttish
- tacky
- tore up (US)
- trampish
- unfine
- unkemmed (obsolete)
- unkempt
- unshaven (figuratively)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- Clothing
- Hair
- dishevelled
- frizzy
- frowzled
- knotted
- matted
- scraggly
- shagged
- shaggy
- tousled
- tousle-haired
- tousle-headed
- unbrushed
- uncombed
- unkemmed (obsolete)
- unkempt
- untrimmed
- Other personal grooming
Hypernyms
- disorderly [⇒ thesaurus]
- unclean [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- schlubby (US)
Various
See also
- Thesaurus:untidy person
- Thesaurus:ramshackle (chiefly of a building or physical object)
- Thesaurus:unfashionable
Further reading
- “653. uncleanness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “unkempt” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.