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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 #210876 - 05/11/13 02:23 AM Sophisticated word for the following...?   Joined: May 2013 Posts: 1 Sorrow stranger Sorrow   stranger Joined: May 2013 Posts: 1 Waukegan, IL, USA "Lack of Hygiene" Dictionaries and thesauri aren't helping. #210877 - 05/11/13 09:39 AM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Sorrow]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Onelook's reverse dictionary gives its typical lots-of-chaff answer, but I think the number 1 offering looks pretty good. #210884 - 05/11/13 09:44 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Uk English would use the word, "scruffy" for a general lack of hygiene and tidyness I'm immortal until proven otherwise #210886 - 05/12/13 12:47 AM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Sorrow]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That works in AmE, too, but it's not exactly what I would call sophisticated. #210887 - 05/12/13 03:11 AM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Faldage]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Interesting. I've always understood scruffiness to be a matter of appearance only, that sanitation is a separate, though not necessarily unrelated, issue. #210888 - 05/12/13 12:31 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi inhygienical #210965 - 05/16/13 12:01 AM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Sorrow]   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky A friend who wishes to stay anonymous suggested "Pestilent or pestilential." #210972 - 05/16/13 12:43 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Rhubarb Commando]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando Uk English would use the word, "scruffy" for a general lack of hygiene and tidyness Sounds sophisticated enough to me. It's even English! Why would one need a sophisticated word for an unsophisticated state of being anyway? Is it rude, inpolite, offensive, arrogant or derogatory to ask this? #210975 - 05/16/13 09:48 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK I guess it depends upon context, to some extent, Branny. It could be offensive or arrogant, I spose. But it is certainly impolite and might well be a little bit rude or offensive. Last edited by Rhubarb Commando; 05/16/13 09:48 PM. I'm immortal until proven otherwise #210979 - 05/17/13 12:05 AM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: BranShea Why would one need a sophisticated word for an unsophisticated state of being anyway? Dunno. That's what Sorrow asked for. 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