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Synonyms for scum
skʌmscum
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trash, scumnoun
worthless people
Synonyms:
trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass, codswallop, ice, rubbish, wish-wash, deoxyephedrine, applesauce, folderol, shabu, chicken feed, chalk, trumpery, scrap, meth, methamphetamine, crank, tripescumverb
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
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trashscumverb
remove the scum from
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1279 | glass | |
#1960 | ice | |
#6742 | foam | |
#7949 | trash | |
#8345 | garbage | |
#12034 | scrap | |
#15089 | rubbish | |
#15342 | bastard | |
#15366 | chalk | |
#16222 | meth | |
#16647 | crank | |
#17344 | rot | |
#24191 | methamphetamine | |
#26943 | scum | |
#27098 | gangsta | |
#34562 | slag | |
#36953 | rabble | |
#38738 | impurity | |
#45581 | applesauce | |
#48276 | cinder | |
#48422 | vermin | |
#53159 | banger | |
#55515 | froth | |
#64316 | tripe | |
#69128 | scoundrel | |
#77731 | dross | |
#84230 | scumbag | |
#121148 | shabu | |
#271707 | codswallop |
How to use scum in a sentence?
Whatever decision we make and whatever actions we take, the responsibility for the consequences thereof will entirely rest with the South Korean authorities who stopped short of holding proper control of the dirty human scum.
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.
Lilly Tomlin, as Ernestine the Operator:
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year --- everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and simply spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into their mouths, i am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.
People wonder why you could represent the scum of the earth, but people don’t understand that if it wasn’t for us, we really wouldn’t have a free society…But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Someone asked me if I came back in another lifetime, would I want to do it again. My answer was no. I would love somebody else to do what I do… But I wouldn’t want it to be me. I’ve paid my dues.
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- AbschaumGerman
- απόβλητο, απόβρασμα, κάθαρμαGreek
- escoria, canallaSpanish
- pohjasakka, roskaväki, leväpuuro, pintaliete, kuonaFinnish
- skúmFaroese
- couche, racaille, ordure, mousse, écume, crasse, salaudFrench
- scoriaItalian
- あきますJapanese
- tuigDutch
- escóriaPortuguese
- накипь, сброд, нечисть, отребье, шушера, подлец, сволочь, нечистоты, шантропа, негодяй, отродье, пена, швальRussian
- తెట్టుTelugu
- cặn bãVietnamese
- schomeWalloon
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