scungy
/ˈskʌnd͡ʒi/
scungy adjective: dirty, messy; sordid.
Adjective
scungy (comparative scungier, superlative scungiest)
- 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
- “[…]I have been saving up the scungiest, most disgusting fix-up and cleanup jobs just for you.”1990, Rob Kantner, Made in Detroit, page 3
- Synonyms:
- scummy
Examples of scungy in a sentence
- That is a scungy lawn in front of the rented flat down the road.
- And while for most people, talk of “green” fridges might conjure up images of hygiene disasters in scungy student flats, the revolutionary invention is not on the nose.2009 January 13, AAP, “Enviro-friendly fridges”, in Herald-Sun, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2009:
Synonyms of scungy
Forms of scungy
| comparative | scungier |
|---|---|
| superlative | scungiest |
Origin of scungy
From scunge + -y.
Questions about scungy
- What does scungy mean?
- Scungy means dirty, messy; sordid.
- How do you use scungy in a sentence?
- That is a scungy lawn in front of the rented flat down the road.
- What part of speech is scungy?
- Scungy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scungy?
- Scungy is pronounced /ˈskʌnd͡ʒi/.
Words near scungy in the dictionary
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