Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with scum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered in
scum . - adjective slang
sleazy ,worthless , no good
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with scum
- adjective of the most contemptible kind
Etymologies
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Examples
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That is what I call a scummy estate: filthy, evidence of drugs use everywhere, constant reminders of threat of crime, the sort of place taxis won't pick up from.
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Because the alternative to forcing every state to cover prostate cancer, to keep SD from being scummy, is opening the door to every state being forced by the Federal government cover 130+ things you see on my list.
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Because the alternative to forcing every state to cover prostate cancer, to keep SD from being scummy, is opening the door to every state being forced by the Federal government cover 130+ things you see on my list.
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Yeah, I know what that ring is around the moon over Korea - it's called scummy toilet moon.
Bad Moon Over North Korea Jan 2009
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God damn he is ugly, haha shameless the whip handles are way too low, there is no way he could get a good whip action with his grip that low. but yeah, he looks uhh rather scummy, which is uhh when rourke has been at his best.
First Look: Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2 | /Film 2009
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I hate the way trials work, given that they seem to require that kind of scummy defense.
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And seriously, when Ollie North tells you to knock something off because it's kind of scummy, that's a really bad sign.
In case there was any doubt that Sean Hannity is one of the worst human beings alive yendi 2010
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I feel that's something he definitely worked into the character of the Joker and that brings a very 'scummy' quality to him.
Must Watch: Second Full Trailer for The Dark Knight! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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We have lost our way if we've forgotten the importance of protecting speech that is "scummy" and "offensive" and "tripe."
Archive 2007-06-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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Queen Street W in our 'hood used to be kind of scummy with old air conditioning stores, dirty restaurants, etc.
Archive 2006-12-01 Teena in Toronto 2006
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