skanky
20
9.7
- adjective
- /ˈskæŋki/
- Offensive
:
asqueroso
- It's kind of skanky.
- skanky ass
- skanky ho
- skanky girl
Examples
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Yes, in an area Americans are likely to walk on their way home or to some skanky clubs.
Blog text (30) -
"At least that way he could do something about skanky sites he came across.
Fiction book (2000) -
She should get extra points, being so skanky.
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I mean, that's pretty skanky.
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I hope they don't start the civil war again until we get the hell out of this skanky little republic.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'm not taking a detour to some skanky drug dealer's house.
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Maybe someone wants the image of being uber sexy, and that's the skanky way of doing it, I guess.
Blog text (9) -
The first time we had sex, it was in a cabana at that skanky beach club his mother liked; a friend of his from high school who vacuumed the pool let us stay after closing.
Fiction book (1999) -
I see them in the corners of my eyes: the nuggets of reality hidden in the tawdry, skanky mosaic that is Legend.
Fiction book (1995) -
The abandoned house was filled with skanky furniture that no one wanted to touch.
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
86
4.1
A person or action that is very bad and dishonest
30
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
24
3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
20
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
18
6.9
Has a bad smell
6
8.0
Very dishonest or cruel in a way that makes people feel disgusted
6
4.9
Very unpleasant and likely to make you feel disgusted
5
6.1
Causing strong dislike or disgust
4
8.6
Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors
3
9.9
A person or place that seems dirty and makes you feel uneasy
2
9.9
Looks dishonest, dirty, or unsafe to be around
1
7.6
Smelling very bad like a skunk
1
6.4
Causing strong dislike or disgust
Making people feel strong dislike or disgust
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel disgusted
Looking unpleasant to eat because it seems old, dirty or spoiled
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Antonyms
How Disgusting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skanky probably comes from the slang skank, a rude word for someone or something dirty, cheap, or smelly, and was used to describe bad places or things. So, to call a place or thing skanky is a quick slang way to say it is 'extremely dirty or unpleasant'.