Synonyms for scum
skʌmscum

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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. • Rabble
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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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1. List of paraphrases for "scum":

   scumbag, garbage, vermin, rabble, trash, shitheel, froth, scoundrel, foam, scrap, bastard, gangsta, banger, rot

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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. J. W. Schopf:

   For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.

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. John Dryden:

   A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

5. David Friedman:

   To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this. Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable, i urge you to throw those bums out, disavow them and relegate them to the dustbin of history where they belong.