scuzzy
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It’s natural to view the temporary mixing of Willard R. Abbott’s earnest teachers with the scuzzy simpletons who barely run the worst bar in America as, um, entirely unnatural.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
The Birthday Party favored a rancorous spirit, writing scuzzy songs and descending into mayhem at every turn.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Abel Tesfaye, played a scuzzy svengali to Rose-Depp’s pop star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Charities are allowed to accept donations in cash - but former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker called the payments "grubby and scuzzy".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022
“Well? You’re the one who went into that scuzzy water— twice! Doesn’t it make you furious?”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
Justin Tranter, a fellow pop songwriter who also started in scuzzier bands, called Ms. Geiger a “musician’s musician” — one whose coming out helps to shift the landscape for queer creators.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
So it's strange to find her latest release, Birds, darker and scuzzier sounding, as if it were an original '60s session tape rediscovered in an old suitcase.
From Time Magazine Archive
It worked – lost in the scuzziest corners of the Italian movie industry, Gilderoy feels like the human embodiment of his hometown.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2012
