slutty C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈslʌti/ UK /ˈslʌti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj sexually provocative or promiscuous (slang, derogatory) He criticized the costume as too slutty for the event. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · sexually provocative or... promiscuousprovocativewantonlooselascivious ↔ Opposites chastemodestprudish Word family Related forms slutsluttish Etymology AI details From slut (of uncertain Middle English origin, slutte) plus the adjectival suffix -y. slutte Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # slutty **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈslʌti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈslʌti/ ## Meanings 1. sexually provocative or promiscuous (slang, derogatory) ## Examples - He criticized the costume as too slutty for the event. ## Synonyms - promiscuous - provocative - wanton - loose - lascivious ## Antonyms - chaste - modest - prudish ## Related Forms - slut - sluttish ## Roots and Affixes - Root: slutte ## Etymology From slut (of uncertain Middle English origin, slutte) plus the adjectival suffix -y. ## AI Etymology Slutty comes from slut (of uncertain Middle English origin, slutte) plus the adjectival suffix -y. The historical chain includes Middle English slutte. Morphologically, slutty is best read as suffixal formation and uncertain formation, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "sexually provocative or promiscuous (slang, derogatory)". related forms include slut and sluttish. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives - Register & Style markdown