| NOUN | state | sloppiness, wateriness, muddiness | the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water |
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| state | sloppiness, slovenliness, unkemptness | a lack of order and tidiness | |
| attribute | sloppiness, carelessness | the quality of not being careful or taking pains | |
| attribute | sloppiness, mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way |
| Sounds | slaa'piynahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water. | |
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| Example | "the sloppiness of a rainy November day" | |
| Synonyms | wateriness, muddiness | |
| Broader | wetness | The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water) |
| Adjectives | sloppy | (of soil) soft and watery |
| sloppy | wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material | |
| Meaning | A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for. | |
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| Synonyms | slovenliness, unkemptness | |
| Narrower | shagginess | unkemptness of hair |
| Broader | untidiness | The condition of being untidy |
| Spanish | descuido | |
| Adjectives | sloppy | lacking neatness or order |
| Meaning | The quality of not being careful or taking pains. | |
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| Synonym | carelessness | |
| Narrower | incaution, incautiousness | The trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger |
| negligence, neglect, neglectfulness | The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | |
| unconscientiousness | The trait of not being painstaking or careful | |
| Broader | inattentiveness | The trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others |
| Opposite | carefulness | The quality of being careful and painstaking |
| Spanish | descuido, distracción | |
| Catalan | descurança, distracció | |
| Adjectives | sloppy | marked by great carelessness |
| Meaning | falsely emotional in a maudlin way. | |
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| Synonyms | mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness | |
| Narrower | corn | Something sentimental or trite |
| schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz | (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | |
| sentimentalism | A predilection for sentimentality | |
| Broader | emotionality, emotionalism | emotional nature or quality |
| Spanish | blandenguería, cursilería, sensiblería, sentimentalismo, superficialidad, susceptibilidad | |
| Catalan | sensibleria | |
| Adjectives | sloppy | excessively or abnormally emotional |
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