slummy
/ˈslʌmi/
slummy adjective: like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
Adjective
slummy (comparative slummier, superlative slummiest)
- Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
- Cars and unemployment increased. Council houses took on a slummier look.2003, Alasdair Gray, “Miss Kincaid's Autumn”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 745
- The dreamer is a distinguished operatic artist, and, like all who have elected to follow, not the safely marked general highways of the day, but the adventure of the special, dimly audible call that comes to those whose ears are open within as well as without, she has had to make her way alone...1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 21
slummy meaning in Malayalam
slummy in Malayalam
- insalubrious, seedy, squalid
- ചേരിപ്രദേശത്തുള്ള, പ്രാകൃതമായ, ഉപയോഗംകൊണ്ട് പഴക്കം ചെന്ന, അനാരോഗ്യകരമായ, മോശപ്പെട്ട, ദുഷിച്ച
Forms of slummy
| comparative | slummier |
|---|---|
| superlative | slummiest |
Origin of slummy
From slum + -y.
Words formed from slummy
Words that rhyme with slummy
Questions about slummy
- What does slummy mean?
- Slummy means like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
- What is slummy in Malayalam?
- Slummy in Malayalam is ചേരിപ്രദേശത്തുള്ള, പ്രാകൃതമായ, ഉപയോഗംകൊണ്ട് പഴക്കം ചെന്ന. See Slummy meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is slummy?
- Slummy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce slummy?
- Slummy is pronounced /ˈslʌmi/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: slummy (page history and authors); slummy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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