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
Of course that would be scummy, and it sounds like it must be fraud.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022
Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
Typically, microbial inks rely on a scaffold of polymers to stiffen their scummy forms.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
And worse, the teeth had braces, bands of corroded scummy metal with pieces of fish and driftwood and floating garbage stuck between them.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
