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Synonyms for scum
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  1. scumnoun

    To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

    Synonyms:
    cinder, dross, scoriae, impurity, slag

  2. scumnoun

    Synonyms:
    bastard

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  1. trash, scumnoun

    worthless people

    Synonyms:
    trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass, codswallop, ice, rubbish, wish-wash, deoxyephedrine, applesauce, folderol, shabu, chicken feed, chalk, trumpery, scrap, meth, methamphetamine, crank, tripe

  2. scumverb

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

    Synonyms:
    trash

  3. scumverb

    remove the scum from

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  1. scumnoun

    Synonyms:
    froth, dross, refuse, scoria, recrement

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  1. scumnoun

    Synonyms:
    dross, recrement, refuse, waste, froth

  2. scumverb

    Synonyms:
    despumate

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How to use scum in a sentence?

  1. John Henry Browne:

    People wonder why you could represent the scum of the earth, but people don’t understand that if it wasn’t for us, we really wouldn’t have a free society…But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Someone asked me if I came back in another lifetime, would I want to do it again. My answer was no. I would love somebody else to do what I do… But I wouldn’t want it to be me. I’ve paid my dues.

  2. George Lucas:

    Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

  3. Godfather, The:

    Don Corleone What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.

  4. Harry Charles:

    Mr. Coker knows it. He can not win this case, his witnesses are the scum.

  5. G. K. Chesterton:

    The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.


Translations for scum

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  • AbschaumGerman
  • απόβλητο, απόβρασμα, κάθαρμαGreek
  • escoria, canallaSpanish
  • pohjasakka, roskaväki, leväpuuro, pintaliete, kuonaFinnish
  • skúmFaroese
  • couche, racaille, ordure, mousse, écume, crasse, salaudFrench
  • scoriaItalian
  • あきますJapanese
  • tuigDutch
  • escóriaPortuguese
  • накипь, сброд, нечисть, отребье, шушера, подлец, сволочь, нечистоты, шантропа, негодяй, отродье, пена, швальRussian
  • తెట్టుTelugu
  • cặn bãVietnamese
  • schomeWalloon

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