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scungier

scungier is the comparative form of scungy.

Meaning of scungy

Adjective

scungy (comparative scungier, superlative scungiest)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, US, informal) Dirty, messy; sordid.
    • […] bewitched by the culinary oddities introduced by migrants from the scungier sections of the Old World.1975, The Bulletin, Issues 4951-4963, page 44
    Synonyms:
    scummy

Questions about scungier

What is scungier the comparative form of?
Scungier is the comparative form of scungy.

Words near scungier in the dictionary

  1. Scundu
  2. scunge
  3. scunged
  4. scungeing
  5. scunges
  6. scungier
  7. scungies
  8. scungiest
  9. scungile
  10. scungili
  11. scungilis

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