scummy
Americanadjective
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consisting of or having scum.
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Informal. despicable; contemptible.
That was a scummy trick.
adjective
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of, resembling, consisting of, or covered with scum
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dirty, unpleasant, or nasty
Etymology
Origin of scummy
Example Sentences
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But it’s not too late to rescue even a disaster like scummy tea.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
“If you want to know how scummy the Razzie awards are, look no further than them nominating a 12-year-old for worst actress,” said another Twitter user.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Of course that would be scummy, and it sounds like it must be fraud.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2022
Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
"They have a boggy stink, like frogs and trees and scummy water. Moss grows under their arms in place of hair, and they can live with nothing to eat but mud and breathe swamp water."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
It was a macho thing: 'My contact is scummier than your contact.'
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2011
Then, Gillen sets them to scheming against each other in the scummiest corners of the Star Wars universe.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2019
Dish towels are some of the scummiest things in your kitchen.
From Time ● Jul. 14, 2017
Stocky paparazzi, wearing the same cargo-shorts-black-logo-tee uniform they wear on the scummiest corners of Hollywood Boulevard, lug their gear down the sidewalk in search of that perfect shot to sell to an Italian tabloid.
From The Verge ● May 15, 2015
Standout track Voices starts with the scummiest of pirate radio beats, a neo-soul vocal, and a woozy house synth.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2013
Since then, as often as he has time, he goes to bathe in the scummiest parts, and then comes and tells me all about it with any amount of circumstantial evidence.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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