scummy

adjective

Definition of scummynext
as in dirty
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust the jury was disgusted by the scummy behavior of the defendant in the courtroom

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scummy
  1. dirty
  2. lame
  3. cheap
  4. pitiful
  5. nasty
  6. disgusting
  7. wretched
  8. hateful
Adjective
  • Yes, but: Charlie Bailey, a former Fulton County gang prosecutor who ran for lieutenant governor as a Democrat in 2022, told Axios that the RICO law was created to catch leaders of criminal organizations who weren't doing the dirty work.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Carbon emissions would increase because there is a dearth of renewables and the world would have to burn dirtier fossil fuels from non-Western entities.
    Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
Definition of lame
Adjective
  • By contrast, solar panels, wind turbines, and appliances like induction stoves only get better — more efficient and cheaper — with time.
    Matt Simon / Grist, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The standard plan with ads costs $6.99/month, less than half the cost of the regular standard plan ($15.49/month), and much cheaper than the top-tier premium plan ($22.99/month).
    Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, nearly one-third of election offices don’t have any full-time staff, wages are pitiful, and turnover rates grew from 28 percent in 2004—already high—to nearly 39 percent in 2022.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The plight of Zimbabwe, moreover, remains pitiful, a once prosperous country not only reduced to economic ruin but also trapped in a culture of corruption and violence that Mugabe fostered since gaining power in 1980 and that is now deeply embedded among the ruling elite.
    Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Definition of pitiful
Adjective
  • Good post for a mid- to late-November afternoon: 70 to 100 yards back in timber and along the thickest, nastiest ditch that leads out to crops. 59) Don’t waste precious rut-hunting time.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Reason for Ranking: Yet another solid (and prescient) premise that’s spoiled by a nasty streak and curious jokes about, uh, Abraham Lincoln hitting on Homer.
    Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of nasty
Adjective
  • At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of disgusting
Adjective
  • Bill undergoes a moral crisis when his path crosses with a wretched head nun (Emily Watson) at a convent that’s part of the notorious Magdalene Laundries — a place of severe abuse of women.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The quirky, engaging film centers on the wretched and lonely lives of 1970s Australian twins — Grace (Sarah Snook) and Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) — who weather rotten foster families apart after their alcoholic, paraplegic father dies.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of wretched
Adjective
  • The hateful rhetoric has been deployed all the way down the ballot, in Senate races, statehouse contests, and state constitutional amendment campaigns.
    Madison Pauly and Sarah Szilagy, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The worthwhile parts of Twitter (real-time news, sports, culture, silly memes, spontaneous encounters with celebrity accounts) have been drowned out by hateful garbage.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hateful
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