scummy
Example Sentences
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“Bunny” This East Village indie by debut director Ben Jacobson is a scummy gem.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Those with their credibility in question include “the 17-year-old at issue in the investigation” and Gaetz’s scummy ex-friend who’s cooperating with the feds.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022
Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
Darwin was the first modern observer to drop a pebble into the scummy pond of disgust studies.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021
It seemed to break from scummy bubbles lanced by the sun, and drift downwind, getting thicker.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
