- scuzzy
- scuzzy 1968, N.Amer. colloquial, perhaps a blend of scummy and fuzzy. First attested use is in ref. to Ratso Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy."
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scuzzy — ☆ scuzzy [skuz′ē ] adj. scuzzier, scuzziest [< ?] Slang dirty, shabby, disreputable, etc … English World dictionary
scuzzy — scuz|zy1 [ˈskʌzi] adj informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from disgusting] unpleasant and dirty = ↑disgusting scuzzy 2 scuzzy2 n [U] informal ↑SCSI ▪ What s the biggest scuzzy hard drive you have? … Dictionary of contemporary English
scuzzy — [[t]skʌ̱zi[/t]] scuzzier, scuzziest ADJ GRADED Something that is scuzzy is dirty or disgusting. [INFORMAL] He wonders why the club is named after a scuzzy drug district in uptown New York … English dictionary
scuzzy — UK [ˈskʌzɪ] / US adjective Word forms scuzzy : adjective scuzzy comparative scuzzier superlative scuzziest informal extremely unpleasant and dirty … English dictionary
scuzzy — [“skazi] 1. mod. repellent; unkempt. □ His clothes are always so scuzzy. He probably keeps them in a pile in his room. □ Whose scuzzy car is that in the driveway? 2. Go to SCSI … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
scuzzy — adj American dirty, unpleasant, distasteful, shabby and disreputable. This word, which is used particularly by young people, may be a nursery version of disgusting or an invention influenced by scum and fuzz . Scuzzy has been heard in North… … Contemporary slang
scuzzy — adjective (scuzzier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1969 slang dirty, shabby, or foul in condition or character … New Collegiate Dictionary
scuzzy — /skuz ee/, adj., scuzzier, scuzziest. Slang. dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive; disgusting. Also, scuzz. [1965 70; expressive coinage; cf. similar phonetic components of SCUM, FUZZY, LOUSY, SLEAZY] * * * … Universalium
scuzzy — adjective a) Dirty or grimy. b) Disreputable; sleazy. See Also: scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket … Wiktionary
scuzzy — Synonyms and related words: beggarly, beneath contempt, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crummy, despicable, gaudy, gimcracky, mean, meretricious, miserable, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rubbishy, sad, scrubby, scruffy, scummy,… … Moby Thesaurus
