scummy
/ˈskʌmi/
scummy adjective: covered in scum.
Adjective
scummy (comparative scummier, superlative scummiest)
- Covered in scum.
- We have to wash your trousers: they're all scummy.
- Now that the sun was getting high it drew thin sickly looking clouds of poisonous vapour from the surface of the marsh and from the scummy pools of stagnant water.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- 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”
- Synonyms:
- lousy, vile, good-for-nothing, valueless, abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion
scummy meaning in Urdu
scummy in Urdu
- جھاگ دار, پھین دار
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Forms of scummy
| comparative | scummier |
|---|---|
| superlative | scummiest |
Origin of scummy
From scum + -y.
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Questions about scummy
- What does scummy mean?
- Scummy means covered in scum.
- What is scummy in Urdu?
- Scummy in Urdu is جھاگ دار, پھین دار. See Scummy meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is scummy?
- Scummy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scummy?
- Scummy is pronounced /ˈskʌmi/.
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