scroungyadj.
/ˈskraʊndʒi/ colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
Shabby or dirty in appearance; sordid, disreputable; more generally, of poor quality, inferior.
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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
1948 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye Gaz. 2 Oct. 4 Before condemning them for stooping to such a scroungy trick, remember they wouldn't have succeeded if the voters hadn't permitted their bitterness and jealousy to overcome their judgment.
1959 ‘E. McBain’ 'Til Death (1961) xiii. 153 I'll continue commuting to a scroungy squadroom in perhaps the world's worst neighborhood.
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 453/2 Scroungy,..bad; inferior; terrible; usu. as a result of being very cheap.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 35 One sunburned, scroungy unit of force preserving the Sheik and the oil money against any threat from east of the English Channel.
1977 Zigzag Mar. 4/2 They all walk around together, the three of them, real grubby, kind of scroungy guys.
1981 G. Winokur Depression p. v I was fascinated with the scroungy, low life diseases..in that clinic.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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