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scum

/skĘŚm/noun, verb1 syllable

Scum means: worthless people.

Synonyms for scum16

noun, as in worthless people

also used for scum

dross, impurity, impurities, cinder, scoriae, slag, baby batter, baby gravy, balljuice, boy juice, cock juice, cock snot, come, cream, creme

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What does scum mean?3

noun

1

worthless people

2

a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

verb

1

remove the scum from

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with scum?23

one syllable

two syllables

becomesuccumb
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Scum in a sentence

  • Maybe a few of them are good people, but the majority are scum.mailohilohi
  • If you don't want to become the scum of the earth, get angry!Miktsoanit
  • You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.horsebones
  • These people are the scum of the earth.mailohilohi
  • They are scum who raise their children to be criminals.mailohilohi
  • Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.AutoBot
  • Remove any scum that comes to the water surface.unknown
  • Squeegee the shower walls to prevent soap scum buildup.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of scum

as a noun

plural
scums

as a verb

third-person singular
scums
present participle
scumming
past participle
scummed
past tense
scummed