scummy
2
5.6
- adjective
- /ˈskʌmi/
:
sucio
- Their bucket spills fish and scummy water all over Terrell's shoes.
- scummy water
- scummy pond
First things first are these alive wooden scummy multi vitamins.
- First things first are these alive wooden scummy multi vitamins.
Examples
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She sat in the water until it was scummy and cold, looking at her spindly arms and legs, white as carp, floating under the surface.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dark, cramped, and scummy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Too late, I watched the girl vanish beneath the frothy, scummy surface.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was filled with scummy, filthy, stinky water.
Blog text (4) -
They get a boat, all of 'em hang their arm in that boat, ease along through that old scummy water-- damn snakes, turtles everywhere.
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They all sort of faded in and out, one after the other: a guy lying in a ditch, scummy water dripping all over the place.
Fiction book (1999) -
The floors there were tacky with a scummy, soda-and-popcorn glaze, and when you walked to your seat, your sneakers would make gross little squish-squeak sounds.
Blog text (7) -
The birdbath, filled with scummy water, attracted flies and looked uninviting.
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He decided to clean the scummy dishes before starting the meal preparation.
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After the storm, the fountain was covered with scummy algae and needed a thorough cleaning.
Synonyms
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
183
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
56
6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
26
6.1
Looking dirty and run down and often linked to crime
23
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
23
3.8
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
22
3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
9
7.1
Very dirty and unpleasant because of poverty or neglect
5
6.9
Being messy and dirty in the way a person looks or acts
4
6.0
Dirty and not good quality
4
5.8
An ugly, dirty place that looks like a garbage dump
4
8.6
Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors
2
4.1
Having soft dirty marks that make a surface look blurred
2
8.4
Looks dirty and unpleasant, often like a shabby room or shop
2
9.9
Looks dishonest, dirty, or unsafe to be around
1
9.9
A room or place that is very messy and dirty
1
5.6
Covered in black soot or dirt
1
7.7
Dirty and untidy in appearance
Covered with animal poop and smelling bad
Smelling very bad and looking dirty
Careless and messy in a way that looks low quality
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
An area with poor, dirty housing that people do not take care of
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scummy comes from scum + -y, where scum means the dirty 'foam' or 'film' that forms on liquids, so scummy describes something that is literally covered in that 'film' and looks dirty.