scuzzy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
29
Words With Friends
30
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈskʌ.zi/
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/ˈskʌ.zi/ · /ˈskʊzi/ · /ˈskʌze/ · /-zɪ/ · /-zi/

Definition of scuzzy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (colloquial)Dirty or grimy.
    “a scuzzy toilet”
    “Outside the gay discotheques, there was also a yuppy scene of 'XTC parties' that precociously featured one of the defining aspects of rave – the eschewing of alcohol in favour of juice and mineral water. For these respectable professionals, Ecstasy didn't seem like a drug; it was cheap, there was no scuzzy paraphernalia like syringes or bongs, it wasn't […]”
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adj

  1. (colloquial)Dirty or grimy.
    “a scuzzy toilet”
    “Outside the gay discotheques, there was also a yuppy scene of 'XTC parties' that precociously featured one of the defining aspects of rave – the eschewing of alcohol in favour of juice and mineral water. For these respectable professionals, Ecstasy didn't seem like a drug; it was cheap, there was no scuzzy paraphernalia like syringes or bongs, it wasn't […]”
  2. (colloquial)Disreputable; sleazy.
    “They were easy to shrug off as harmless cranks, only interested in getting together in scuzzy pubs to talk about a revolution they would never manage to provoke, more likely to fight among themselves than raise a concerted attack on the minorities they were so opposed to.”
    “I’d been counting on Paul, a scuzzy-but-still-sexy manager of a music club in Shoreditch, to meet up with me on my first night in London.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Probably a blend of scummy + fuzzy 1960s, US, colloquial, expressive coinage, with influence from scum, fuzzy, lousy, sleazy.

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