Laudable and Scummy

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Laudable adjective - Deserving of high regard or great approval.

Usage example: you showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer

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Scummy is an antonym for laudable.

Nearby Words: laud, laudation, lauded, laudatory, laudably

Scummy adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: the jury was disgusted by the defense attorney's scummy attempt to portray the victim as deserving of what she got

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Laudable is an antonym for scummy.

Nearby Words: scummed, scumming

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Scummy and Laudable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/laudable/scummy

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