SCUZZY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

scuzzy

adjective

slang

as in dusty

severely lacking in cleanliness My friend thinks that scuzzy dive bar has "character," but the smell alone is enough to keep me far away from that place.

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Recent Examples of scuzzy Back in New York, following Marty’s unimaginable defeat in London, Abel Ferrara appears as a scuzzy street-level gangster who entrusts Marty and his taxi-driving best friend Wally (Tyler Okonma) with his near feral dog. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025 Knight convincingly takes us back to the grimy, scuzzy streets of 1880s East London for a showdown in and out of the boxing ring. —

Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025 Gorgeously textured and frequently very funny—Griffin’s wisecracking younger brother, Oren, is a scene-stealer—the book’s particular portrait of late-20th-century, upper-middle-class adolescence takes a generously wide angle, reveling in all the heady, scuzzy, confusing bits of coming of age. —

Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024 The safety curtain that greets audiences filing in for the third Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross depicts a set of steak knives, the infamous second prize in a contest for the highest sales figures among colleagues at a scuzzy Chicago real estate office. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for scuzzy

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Adjective

It's typically utilized on things like hinges, locks, gears and machinery, in dusty environments where traditional lubricants would attract debris.

— Ben Coxworth March 27, New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2026
On this gravelly, dusty, single lane, Bob Markle applied a pursuit trick that wardens learn early.

— Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026