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单词 scuzzy
释义

scuzzy

adjective

scuz·​zy ˈskə-zē How to pronounce scuzzy (audio)
scuzzier; scuzziest
slang
: dirty, shabby, or foul in condition or character

Example Sentences

He is a scuzzy guy.
Recent Examples on the Web If your coffee is coming out bitter and scuzzy, your moka pot might need a deep clean. Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 16 Aug. 2022 It’s the scuzzy, distorted, levels-in-the-red musical equivalent of watching a mark get clocked with a MicroKORG before they’re jacked for their chain, cocaine and robotic prosthetic. Max Bell, SPIN, 11 May 2022 The organization is a civilian crime-watch group whose recruits became street icons for patrolling scuzzy subway cars, intimidating chain snatchers, making the occasional citizen’s arrest, and irritating the police. Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 The Michigan singer provides some small but important updates here — out goes Fogerty and Co.'s scuzzy Wurlitzer and saxophone solo, in comes a distorted guitar and Marks' hair-raising vocals — without losing any of the 1969 version's retro power. Marcus Jones, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2021 In his scuzzy motel rooms, Tell wraps every piece of furniture — the lamps, the desks, the bed — in white cloths. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021 For them, the whole group of speculators in railroad bonds was kind of scuzzy. Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021 Blake Stranathan’s scuzzy, hypnotic guitars drag the song even further down, like Cat Power or the Velvet Underground at their lowest. Richard S. He, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2019 The original was a potent enough folk-rock tune, but for her solo rendition Kiah dialed up the amplifiers and turned it into a pulverizing number that weds blues and scuzzy alt-rock to a funky backbeat. Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

scuzzy

adjective

slang
as in filthy
severely lacking in cleanliness My friend thinks that scuzzy dive bar has "character," but the smell alone is enough to keep me far away from that place.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • filthy
  • dusty
  • greasy
  • black
  • sleazy
  • dirty
  • grimy
  • skanky
  • blackened
  • squalid
  • shabby
  • muddy
  • raunchy
  • dingy
  • nasty
  • grubby
  • unwashed
  • sordid
  • unsanitary
  • stained
  • insanitary
  • soiled
  • grungy
  • grotty
  • littered
  • mucky
  • smudged
  • polluted
  • uncleaned
  • messy
  • sullied
  • bedraggled
  • begrimed
  • unclean
  • besmirched
  • sloppy
  • befouled
  • smutty
  • unsterilized
  • cruddy
  • tainted
  • foul
  • unsterile
  • slovenly
  • unkempt
  • contaminated
  • draggled
  • collied
  • uncleanly
  • gunky
  • messed
  • impure
  • untidy
  • defiled
  • bemired
  • sooty
  • germy
  • fuliginous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clean
  • unsullied
  • immaculate
  • spotless
  • neat
  • unsoiled
  • unstained
  • cleaned
  • ultraclean
  • tidy
  • stainless
  • bleached
  • spic-and-span
  • shiny
  • cleanly
  • cleansed
  • bright
  • groomed
  • spick-and-span
  • sparkling
  • perfect
  • whitened
  • wholesome
  • untouched
  • unpolluted
  • unblemished
  • untainted
  • flawless
  • purified
  • unspotted
  • virgin
  • undefiled
  • taintless
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