Skeevy

//ˈskiːvi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Disgusting or distasteful. slang

    "Carefully holding onto every dirty, skeevy piece of information he collected, he used it in his own best interests to ferret his way into a Vice Presidency"

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"Carefully holding onto every dirty, skeevy piece of information he collected, he used it in his own best interests to ferret his way into a Vice Presidency"

Etymology

From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) plus English suffix -y. Compare Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

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