Scabby and Scummy

Scabby

Scabby adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Usage example: that's a scabby trick to play on someone trying to help

Scummy and scabby are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scummy" instead an adjective "Scabby".

Nearby Words: scab, scabbed, scabbing

Scummy

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

Scabby and scummy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scabby" instead an adjective "Scummy".

Nearby Words: scummed, scumming
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