skeevy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈskiːvi/

Definition of skeevy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (slang)Disgusting or distasteful.
    “Carefully holding onto every dirty, skeevy piece of information he collected, he used it in his own best interests to ferret his way into a Vice Presidency”
    “GODZELLA. (After Cinderella has gone.) Mama, can we get a new stepsister? Cinderella is so icky and skeevy.”
    “She’s already running the whole place on her own. Well, her and that skeevy priest-boy.”
    “He was huddled in the doorway of this skeevy noodle joint in Binondo, the kind of skeevy joint in a skeevy alley where you wouldn't expect to see a guy like Paco. Or maybe you would.”
    “The idea of hanging out with a skeevy poker player and all of his skeevy friends was not my idea of a good time. But I didn't want Lottie to go alone, either. I assumed the guy was dangerous.”

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Etymology

From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) plus English suffix -y. Compare Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

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