Scum

//skʌm//

Synonyms for "scum" (608 found)

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Translations

110 translations across 37 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • makë noun (layer of impurities)
  • shtrap noun (layer of impurities)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • λάμπη noun (layer of impurities)

Arabic

1 entries
  • كشكوشة noun (layer of impurities)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • нечиста пяна noun (layer of impurities)
  • отрепка noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Catalan

4 entries
  • escòria noun (layer of impurities)
  • escòria noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • púrria noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • verdet noun (greenish water vegetation)

Czech

4 entries
  • lůza noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • neřád noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • nános špíny noun (layer of impurities)
  • spodina noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Danish

2 entries
  • afskum noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • afskumme verb (remove layer of scum)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tuig noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • aĉulo noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • feĉo noun (layer of impurities)
  • feĉo noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • feĉulo noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skúm noun (layer of impurities)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kuona noun (layer of impurities)
  • leväpuuro noun (greenish water vegetation)
  • pintaliete noun (topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank)
  • pohjasakka noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

French

4 entries
  • couche noun (layer of impurities)
  • crasse noun (layer of impurities)
  • drigaille noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • mousse noun (layer of impurities)

Galician

4 entries
  • borra noun (layer of impurities)
  • cafualla noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • escoura noun (layer of impurities)
  • escumallo noun (layer of impurities)

German

4 entries
  • Abschaum noun (layer of impurities)
  • Abschaum noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • Algenteppich noun (greenish water vegetation)
  • Entengrütze noun (greenish water vegetation)

Greek

4 entries
  • απόβλητο noun (layer of impurities)
  • απόβρασμα noun (layer of impurities)
  • απόβρασμα noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • κάθαρμα noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חֶלְאָה noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • geci noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • paska noun (layer of impurities)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • scuma noun (layer of impurities)

Irish

1 entries
  • gramaisc noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Italian

2 entries
  • impurità noun (layer of impurities)
  • mucillagine noun (greenish water vegetation)

Jamaican Creole

2 entries
  • waste gyal noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • waste man noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Latin

3 entries
  • caenum noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • faex noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • sentīna noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • подлец noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • џган noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Māori

1 entries
  • parawai noun (layer of impurities)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tátłʼid noun (greenish water vegetation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • grønske noun (greenish water vegetation)
  • sly noun (greenish water vegetation)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schlekj noun (layer of impurities)

Polish

4 entries
  • podlec noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • szumowina noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • szumowiny noun (layer of impurities)
  • wyrodek noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • escória noun (layer of impurities)
  • escória noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Russian

4 entries
  • на́кипь noun (layer of impurities)
  • не́чисть noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • негодя́й noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • нечисто́ты noun (layer of impurities)

Spanish

4 entries
  • canalla noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • escoria noun (layer of impurities)
  • escoria noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • gentuza noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Swedish

4 entries
  • as noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • avskum noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • jävel noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)
  • kräk noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తెట్టు noun (layer of impurities)

Walloon

1 entries
  • schome noun (layer of impurities)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwehilion noun (person or persons considered to be reprehensible)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • èérú noun (layer of impurities)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When the scum stops appearing pour the syrup back into a clean bottle and keep it in the fridge.

Source: tatoeba (326807)

4. Just before bringing it to the boil, set to a low flame and remove the scum again.

Source: tatoeba (329229)

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Source: tatoeba (2432032)

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

Source: tatoeba (2498395)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.