Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Dirty; grimy.
- adjective Disreputable; sleazy.
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- adjective
Dirty orgrimy . - adjective
Disreputable ;sleazy .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When I am eating on my own dime which, as a greedy man, I do an awful lot, I am far more likely to be drawn to the sort of joint that obsessive compulsives would call scuzzy and I would call characterful. glowing review to a dirt-cheap Szechuan restaurant which did marvellous things with piles of rustling dried chillies, salt and peppercorns.
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Jay Rayner 2010
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Coming after the madness of the SCSI ( "scuzzy") system, with bulky sockets called terminators and cables so thick they could hold up bridges, FireWire was a godsend.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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I think said tactics talking nice while infantilizing and/or trivializing Palin is kind of scuzzy and I have no intention of doing so.
"Yes, it may be a fake pregnancy suit..." Ann Althouse 2008
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But attacking him for anything having to do with his POW days, or as "scuzzy" and "a liar" and the like, is probably the best way to get him to a 40-state sweep.
How stupid is it for Obama supporters to question the truth of McCain's "cross in the dirt" story? Ann Althouse 2008
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With words like "scuzzy" and "nice," this statement sounds more like it could be coming from the mouths of Mr. Bush, or Mr. Rumsfeld than a member of the Supreme Court.
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They have crazy mothers, scuzzy boyfriends and horrible bosses.
Anna Faris's Bridesmaid Issues Rachel Dodes 2011
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So I see that lt cameltoestain could not handle being a lt now shes a love child. lol scuzzy flippers well hes just a coward.
Think Progress » For eighth day, climate activists block bulldozers at WV’s Coal River Mountain. 2010
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“Teeth,” a riotous jangle-boogie, burns through scuzzy riffage and a get-your-body-moving bass line.
Tonight at the Comet Tavern: Dancing Like Idiots « PubliCola 2010
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Some people resent the gouging, others the pretentiousness -- not to mention his scuzzy personal behavior on the internet.
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So to confront her is to also tell her I did a scuzzy thing.
Who's the train wreck in this situation? Post 2011
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