Scummy

/ˈskʌmi/

Synonyms for "scummy" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

abject abominable arrant atrocious barfy base beggarlybeneath contemptcheap cheesy common contemptible crappy crummy debased degraded depraved despicable dirty disgusting

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execrable fecal feculent fetid filmy filthy

Adjective(4 words)

abject cheap dirty dishonest

Strong matches (44)

Adjective(5 words)

filthy gaudy grimy low low-down

flagrant flyblown foliaceous foliated foul fulsome gaudy gimcracky gloppy grave gross gunky heinous icky impurein layerslamellar lamellate lamellated lamelliform

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laminate laminated laminous layered leaflike leafy little lowlow downlow-down lumpen maggoty malodorous mangy mean measly membranous mephitic meretricious

Related words (73)

miserable monstrous mucky nasty nauseating nefarious obnoxious odious ordurous paltry pathetic petty pitiable pitiful poky poor puky putrid rank reptilian

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repulsive rotten rubbishy sad scabby scrubby scruffy scurfy scurvy scuzzy shabby shitty shoddy slabby slimy sloppy sloshy sludgy slushy small sorry spathic spathose sposhy squalid stratified stratiform three-ply trashy trumperytwo plytwo-for-a-centtwo-for-a-pennytwo-ply twopenny twopenny-halfpenny unmentionable valueless vile vomity wormy worthless wretched yecchy

Adjective(8 words)

miserable scurvy shady shoddy sleazy slimy tacky unethical

Verb(1 words)

scummed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

appearance dirtinessmoral defectqualitysurface conditionunethical conduct

More specific

9 entries

cheap workmanshipcorrupt practicesgaudy finishgrimy surfaceshady dealingssleazy tacticsslimy filmsludge layertacky decor

Collocations

5 entries

scummy behaviorscummy reputationscummy surfacescummy tacticscummy water

Inflections

2 entries

scummier scummiest

Derivations

1 entries

scumminess

similar

4 entries

contemptible dirty soiled unclean

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We have to wash your trousers: they're all scummy.

Source: wiktionary

Now that the sun was getting high it drew thin sickly looking clouds of poisonous vapour from the surface of the marsh and from the scummy pools of stagnant water.

Source: wiktionary

And what a scummy man / just give him half a chance / I bet he'll rob you if he can.

Source: wiktionary

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