Etymology
Origin of skeevy
First recorded in 1975–80; probably from Italian schifo “disgust” + -y 1
Example Sentences
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Some of them, Jaff concedes, look a tad skeevy.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
She is also a wholesome holdout in a landscape that has been marked for years by skeevy revelations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
After years of portraying characters notable for their sense of somewhat abashed rectitude, he’s virtually unrecognizable as a gleefully skeevy blackmailer.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
One might guess that older generations—including people like Dratch, who was in her 30s when she wrote the sketches—would have internalized lover’s skeevy connotations long before SNL made them immortal.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2019
Early in “American Honey,” a charismatically skeevy character named Jake jumps on a checkout stand in a Midwestern discount store to dance to Rihanna’s “We Found Love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2016
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