slouch
slouch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.] Slouth hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.
- 2.To droop, as the head.
- 3.To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]
- 4.To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adown
- basement
- below
- beneath
- bilge
- cellar
- concave
- crouch
- crouched
- debased
- debasement
- depress
- depression
- down
- downwards
- ebb
- feet
- flat
- floor
- foot
- ground
- grovel
- hold
- horizontal
- level
- lie
- low
- lower
- lowness
- lying
- molehill
- most
- neap
- nether
- par
- prostrate
- prostration
- spring
- squat
- subjacent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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