Quality and Scum

Quality

Quality noun - The highest class in a society.
Usage example: the quality were inordinately proud of their bloodlines

Scum is an antonym for quality.

Scum

Scum noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.
Usage example: claimed that only scum lived in that part of town

Quality is an antonym for scum.

How words are described

human human quality human scum
similar similar quality similar scum
inferior inferior quality inferior scum
general general quality general scum
Other adjectives: lesser, worse.

Both words in one sentence

  • No one trusts him enough to sell him quality parts, trustworthy crewmates are impossible to find, and the ones who do want to join up tend to be the scum of the universe.
  • If you prefer instant crystals, you'll catch hell from the French pressers (who'll regard you as nothing more than the scum off the bottom of their toilets) and the brewers (who scoff at the inferior quality of your favored coffee).
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