scum
scum
Definition
scum (skum)
noun
- a thin layer of impurities which forms on the top of liquids or bodies of water, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
- the dross or refuse on top of molten metals
- worthless parts or things; refuse
- Informal a low, despicable person, or such people collectively; lowlife
Etymology: ME < MDu schum, akin to Ger schaum, foam, scum, prob. < IE base *(s)keu-, to cover > sky
transitive verb scummed, scum′·ming
to remove scum from; skim
intransitive verb
to form scum; become covered with scum
scum
Synonyms
scum
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- remove: Bring to the boil, removing any scum from the surface.
- beat: Chants included We beat the scum, Munich song, Marching on together, we are Leeds.
- like: The Face and iD magazine are gonna lap it up like the scum they are.
- form: During calm weather, the algae can rise to the surface forming a scum.
- murder: Beyond the excuses they are all just murdering scum.
Adjective modifier
- alien: Things aren't looking good for Earth as alien scum is invading the planet and wrecking everything in sight.
- criminal: Why on earth are we getting involved with such a bunch of criminal scum?
- green: He who puts the green scum aside can drink the water.
- low: Personally if I found some low life scum selling drugs to my kids I would not stop at giving them a kicking.
- human: This is what he said of what he committed on behalf of the cruel twisted murdering piece of sub human scum Galtieri... .
- white: Suddenly after one hour there was a black cliff approximately 30 meters in front and white scum of breaking sea.
Modifies a noun
- bag: Some of the kids on teh bus, will, living in teh scum bags areas.
Noun used with modifier
- chav: Yes he's aggressive, yes he's chav scum, yes he swears at referees.
- soap: Clean shower doors with a used dryer sheet to dissolve soap scum.
- pond: A natural compound from ' pond scum ' shows potential activity against Alzheimer's.
- council: I agree with all the posts about council estate scum bleeding the bank dry which we pay into!
Preposition: of
- earth: Go visit Allah right away, scum of the earth.
- society: Those who manage to avoid work are the moral scum of capitalist society - parasites off the working people.
- universe: They were going to save our club from the scum of the universe.
Preposition: from
- surface: Bring to the boil, removing any scum from the surface.
scum Quotes
Okie use'ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're a dirty son-of-a-bitch.Okie means you're scum. Don'mean nothing itself, it's the way they say it.
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
We have intheservicethescumof the earth as common soldiers.
Browse dictionary entries near scum
- sculpturesque
- sculptured
- sculpture
- sculptress
- sculptor
- sculpt
- sculpsit
- sculpin
- sculp
- scullion
