SCUZZY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

scuzzy

adjective

Definition of scuzzy

slang

as in dusty

severely lacking in cleanliness My friend thinks that scuzzy dive bar has "character," but the smell alone is enough to keep me far away from that place.

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Recent Examples of scuzzy The Stones are at their best when playing scuzzy blues with the shellac stripped away. — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026 Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first heist film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Back in New York, following Marty’s unimaginable defeat in London, Abel Ferrara appears as a scuzzy street-level gangster who entrusts Marty and his taxi-driving best friend Wally (Tyler Okonma) with his near feral dog. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025 Knight convincingly takes us back to the grimy, scuzzy streets of 1880s East London for a showdown in and out of the boxing ring. — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scuzzy

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Adjective

The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Coming up from the intertidal, out of the dusty salt wind with his latest find under one arm, Tennent met a woman on her way down.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dusty

Adjective

Some orphans, their faces filthy, walked the stands hawking candy.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Myriad violations, from food that should’ve been trashed weeks earlier to filthy equipment, befouled the state inspection of a West Miami-Dade supermarket this week.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

Food fried in beef tallow lands crisper and less greasy than food fried in seed oils, with a deeper savory flavor cooks notice right away.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Light Cleansing Oil Have cleansing oils left your skin feeling coated in a greasy film?

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of greasy

Adjective

Walls around the three-sinks are dirty in the ware-washing area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Postwar Hiroshima was a popular setting for these movie gangsters, who fought dirty, had no use for the old ceremonies, and wore flashy suits and aviator shades.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dirty

Adjective

His current employer is Damien Cantor, an authentically sleazy and slippery character who operates under no discernible code beyond indulging a dumb, preening narcissism.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
The alien spends much of the runtime going by the alias of John Carpenter (Jesus's profession, same initials), and is ultimately betrayed by someone close to him, Helen's sleazy boyfriend Tom (Hugh Marlowe), fulfilling Judas's role in the story.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sleazy

Adjective

The once grand building, where celebrities and socialites have slept, lived, and partied for decades, is undeniably shabby, with worn carpets and crumbling plumbing.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026
These shabby little movie houses, tucked away in the back alleys of Shinjuku, smelled of urine and stale tobacco.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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