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Definition of "scuzzy" [scuzzy]

  • Slang Dirty; grimy: scuzzy floors. (adjective)
  • Slang Disreputable; sleazy: "ran a scuzzy operation” ( Myra MacPherson). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "scuzzy" in a sentence
  • "When I am eating on my own dime which, as a greedy man, I do an awful lot, I am far more likely to be drawn to the sort of joint that obsessive compulsives would call scuzzy and I would call characterful. glowing review to a dirt-cheap Szechuan restaurant which did marvellous things with piles of rustling dried chillies, salt and peppercorns."
  • "Coming after the madness of the SCSI ( "scuzzy") system, with bulky sockets called terminators and cables so thick they could hold up bridges, FireWire was a godsend."
  • "But attacking him for anything having to do with his POW days, or as "scuzzy" and "a liar" and the like, is probably the best way to get him to a 40-state sweep."