scuzzyadj.
/ˈskʌzi/, U.S. /ˈskəzi/ North American colloquial.
Dirty, grimy; murky.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean
ungoderlyc1400
sluttish?1529
squalid1596
scrubbing1603
sordid1611
snotty1681
frowzy1710
grub1719
seedy1725
unkempt1838
grubby1844
crumby1859
ratty1867
scruffy1871
scrutty1914
scummy1932
ribby1936
raunchy1937
sleazy1941
scroungy1948
manky1958
skanky1963
grungy1965
scungy1966
scuzzy1969
scrungy1974
skeevy1976
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
1969 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. li. 16 Scuzzy, groady, skoady, and grungy should probably be listed also under ‘Blends’... Scuzzy, for example, seems to imply fuzzy and scummy: ‘Your teeth are scuzzy.’
1974 A. Fowles Pastime vii. 63 The scuzzy, grey, February days, neither cold nor clear.
1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Apr. 5/4 Perhaps Mr. Vander Kalm has good intentions about evicting scuzzy malingerers from the dole.
Derivatives
scuz n. (also scuzz) a dirty, messy person.
ΚΠ
1968 Sunday Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. d1/5 I..did ‘Midnight Cowboy’ where I'm Ratso Rizzo, a complete scuzz.
1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight vi. 78 One white, bearded scuz in a dirty buckskin vest and yellow headband.
Draft additions 1993
ˈscuzziness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness
squalor1621
sorditude1623
sordidness1656
squalidity1668
squalidness1727
frowziness1729
sordor1823
seediness1832
fluffiness1860
grubbiness1866
crumbiness1949
raunch1952
scruffiness1974
grunginess1978
scuzziness1980
grottiness1984
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible
shendfulness?c1225
wretchdom?c1225
wretchedness1389
caitifhedea1400
vilitya1425
despectuousness1447
lousiness1530
scornfulness1535
meanness1556
contemptibleness1574
worthlessness1604
contemptibility1611
caitifness1649
despicableness1653
pitifulness1670
despisableness1673
paltriness1727
shabbiness1827
despicability1830
piggery1854
wormishness1925
shittiness1929
scuzziness1980
1980 ‘E. McBain’ Ghosts iv. 65 He was accustomed to the scuzziness of the Eight-Seven, where..the carpeting..was..tattered and frayed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1968