slouchy

American  

[slou-chee] / ˈslaʊ tʃi /

adjective

slouchier, slouchiest

1. of or relating to a slouch or to a slouching manner, posture, etc.

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slouchy British  

/ ˈslaʊtʃɪ /

adjective

1. slouching; lazy

2. (of clothes) casual, soft, and relatively unstructured

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Other Word Forms

• slouchily adverb
• slouchiness noun
• unslouchy adjective

Etymology

Origin of slouchy

First recorded in 1685–95; slouch + -y ¹

Explanation

The adjective slouchy usually describes clothing that fits in a loose, unstructured way, like your favorite slouchy sweatshirt or the slouchy socks you wear to bed. You can describe people with stooped postures as slouchy: "The substitute teacher nervously entered the classroom full of slouchy teenagers." But it's far more common to talk about slouchy boots or a slouchy, hand-knit sweater. Slouchy comes from the noun slouch, which has a Scandinavian root and meant "lazy man" before it came to mean "stooping of the head and shoulders" as well.

Example Sentences

Siesholtz said her team input sketch ideas and prompted Raspberry AI to help create a soft and slouchy purse, going back and forth until they landed on the right design.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The kind you might have first met at a 4th of July picnic in a glass Pyrex dish, where guacamole and sour cream mingled with salsa and shredded cheese in slightly slouchy strata.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Owens is wearing a black skullcap, black slouchy cotton shorts and black leather sneakers with thick white rubber soles, all designed by him.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Whatever it is that powers modern stardom — whatever it is that powered old-fashioned stardom, for that matter — the slouchy, sleepy-eyed Fike’s got it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023

He was thin and slouchy, with the easy boastfulness that came with his inherited wealth, his famous surname.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie