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Synonyms for scummy

  • adjective

Most common

pathetic filthy slimy trashy scummish

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Slimy — sleazy, worthless, no good

dirty, slimy, contemptible, filthy, despicable, vile, miserable, good-for-nothing, low, pathetic, low-down, worthless, trashy, putrid, abject, wretched, cheap, lousy, shabby, sorry, pitiful, mean

Other

scungy informal US AU NZ, scummish

Antonyms

valuable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    sleazy, worthless, no good

Related words

Is a kind of
manky sullied cruddy dirty foul

Example sentences

  • pathetic The education in that institute is simply pathetic.
  • filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.
  • slimy The creature extended its slimy hands to Damiano.
  • trashy David is too trashy for Amanda.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
scummyrising
patheticrising
filthyrising
slimyrising
trashyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
low1
4 letters
mean1, vile1
5 letters
sorry2, cheap1, dirty2, lousy2, slimy2
6 letters
filthy2, shabby2, trashy2, abject2, putrid2, scungy
7 letters
pitiful3
8 letters
pathetic3, wretched2, scummish
9 letters
miserable4, worthless2
10 letters
despicable4
12 letters
contemptible4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).