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scummier

scummier is the comparative form of scummy.

Meaning of scummy

Adjective

scummy (comparative scummier, superlative scummiest)

  1. Covered in scum.
    • We have to wash your trousers: they're all scummy.
  2. (slang) sleazy, worthless, no good
    • And what a scummy man / just give him half a chance / I bet he'll rob you if he can.2006, Arctic Monkeys, “When the Sun Goes Down”

Questions about scummier

What is scummier the comparative form of?
Scummier is the comparative form of scummy.

Words near scummier in the dictionary

  1. scummed
  2. scummer
  3. scummered
  4. scummering
  5. scummers
  6. scummier
  7. scummiest
  8. scummily
  9. scumminess
  10. scumming
  11. scummings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scummier (page history and authors); scummy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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