Scuzzy
From Mereja Words
English
Adjective
Scuzzy (comparative scuzzier, superlative scuzziest)
- Dirty or grimy.
- Disreputable; sleazy.
Thesaurus
beggarly, beneath contempt, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crummy, despicable, gaudy, gimcracky, mean, meretricious, miserable, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rubbishy, sad, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, sorry, trashy, trumpery, two-for-a-cent, two-for-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, valueless, vile, worthless, wretched
Etymology
1960's, US, colloquial, expressive coinage, with influence from scum, fuzzy, lousy, sleazy. First attested use is in reference to Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969).