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View usage for: (skʌm) 1. plural nounIf you refer to people as scum, you are expressing your feelings of dislike and disgust for them. [informal, disapproval] 2. uncountable nounScum is a layer of a dirty or unpleasant-looking substance on the surface of a liquid. ...scum marks around the bath. Synonyms: impurities, film, crust, froth More Synonyms of scum More Synonyms of scum (skʌm) noun1. a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation 2. the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation on the surface of a stagnant pond 3. Also called: dross, scruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal 5. a worthless person or group of people verbWord forms: scums, scumming or scummed6. (transitive) to remove scum from 7. (intransitive) rare to form a layer of or become covered with scum Derived forms scumlike (ˈscumˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: of Germanic origin; related to Old High German scūm, Middle Dutch schūm, Old French escume; see skim (skʌm) noun1. a thin layer of impurities which forms on the top of liquids or bodies of water, often as the result of boiling or fermentation 2. the dross or refuse on top of molten metals 3. worthless parts or things; refuse 4. Informal a low, despicable person, or such people collectively; lowlife verb transitiveWord forms: scummed or ˈscumming5. to remove scum from; skim verb intransitive6. to form scum; become covered with scum Word origin ME < MDu schum, akin to Ger schaum, foam, scum, prob. < IE base * (s)keu-, to cover > sky Synonyms of 'scum'rabble, trash, riffraff, rubbish impurities, film, crust, froth More Synonyms of scum British English: scum NOUN If you refer to people as scum, you are expressing your feelings of dislike and disgust for them. She would never usually even speak to scum like him. - American English: scum
- Brazilian Portuguese: traste
- Chinese: 令人厌恶的人
- European Spanish: escoria
- French: vermine
- German: Abschaum
- Italian: gentaglia
- Japanese: 人間のくず
- Korean: 인간쓰레기
- European Portuguese: traste
- Latin American Spanish: escoria
Chinese translation of 'scum' n - (u) (on liquid)
浮渣 (fúzhā) - (pl) (inf, = people)
渣滓 (zhāzi)
Definition a person or people regarded as worthless or criminal I think people who hurt animals are scum. Synonyms riffraff lowest of the low dregs of society canaille (French) ragtag and bobtail Definition a layer of impure or waste matter that forms on the surface of a liquid scum around the bath Synonyms impurities scruff offscourings Additional synonymsDefinition the masses or rabble Synonyms rabble (derogatory), masses, mob, scum, populace, proletariat, hoi polloi, plebs, ragtag, riffraff, vulgar herd Definition any hard outer layer As the water evaporates, a crust of salt is left on the surface of the soil. Synonyms layer, covering, coating, incrustation, film, outside, skin, surface, shell, coat, caking, scab, concretion Definition anything of inferior quality Why are you wasting your time reading that dross? Synonyms nonsense, garbage, drivel, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), wack (US, slang), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) - sculpt
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- sculpture
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- scungy
- scupper
- scurrility
Additional synonymsDefinition the scum formed on the surfaces of molten metals recovering gold nuggets from dross Synonyms scum, crust, impurity, scoria, rubbish, remains, refuse, lees, waste, debris, dregs, recrement Definition a thin coating, covering, or layer The sea is coated with a film of sewage. Synonyms layer, covering, cover, skin, coating, coat, dusting, tissue, membrane, scum, gauze, integument, pellicle Definition a mass of small bubbles of air or a gas in a liquid the froth on the top of a glass of beer Synonyms foam, head, bubbles, lather, suds, spume, effervescence, scumDefinition anything worthless or of poor quality unwanted household rubbish Synonyms waste, refuse, scrap, junk (informal), litter, debris, crap (slang), garbage (US), trash, lumber (British), offal, dross, dregs, flotsam and jetsam, grot (slang), dreck (slang, US), offscourings Definition a worthless person or group of people He hit out at what he called `worthless trash'. Synonyms scum, rabble (derogatory), dross, lowest of the low, riffraff, dregs of society, rubbish, canaille |