Scummy

//ˈskʌmi//

Synonyms for "scummy" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

dirty miserable abject abominable arrant atrocious barfy base beggarly beneath contempt cheap cheesy common contemptible crappy crummy debased degraded depraved despicable

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disgusting execrable fecal feculent fetid filmy filthy

Adjective(1 words)

Adjective(2 words)

carrion derisible

Strong matches (44)

flagrant flyblown foliaceous foliated foul fulsome gaudy gimcracky gloppy grave gross gunky heinous icky impure in layers lamellar lamellate lamellated lamelliform

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

Adjective(1 words)

Adjective(3 words)

low low-down miserable

Related words (73)

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

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Adjective(7 words)

murrain reprehensible scandalous scummish scungy uncool woeful

Adjective(1 words)

Noun(1 words)

shorthorn sculpin

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

derived

2 entries

scummy mummy scuzzy

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

3 entries

scum sleazy worthless

similar

5 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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