slangy

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/slæŋ.i//slɛŋ.i/

adjective

Including or given to slang.

“His slangy speech was almost uncomprehensible to anyone over the age of 18.”

Opposite
Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveslangy (comparative slangier, superlative slangiest)

comparative slangier · superlative slangiest

  1. Including or given to slang.

    His slangy speech was almost uncomprehensible to anyone over the age of 18.

    1 more example

    [T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […]

    1862 January – 1863 January, M[ary] E[lizabeth] Braddon, “Fighting the Battle”, in Aurora Floyd. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 224

    Synonyms: slangular · Antonyms: nonslangy

  2. datedLoud in dress, manner, and conversation; flashy, vulgar.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIncluding or given to slang.

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Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveconstituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

slangy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slangy

MLA

“slangy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slangy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slangy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slangy.

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