Synonyms of scuzzy

scuzzy

adjective

slang

as in dusty

severely lacking in cleanliness

My friend thinks that scuzzy dive bar has "character," but the smell alone is enough to keep me far away from that place.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dusty
• filthy
• greasy
• black
• dirty
• blackened
• sleazy
• shabby
• squalid
• muddy
• skanky
• raunchy
• grimy
• dingy
• nasty
• stained
• unsanitary
• soiled
• unwashed
• insanitary
• grungy
• sordid
• smudged
• grubby
• littered
• polluted
• uncleaned
• mucky
• unclean
• messy
• grotty
• unsterile
• unsterilized
• begrimed
• bedraggled
• sloppy
• smutty
• foul
• tainted
• cruddy
• collied
• sullied
• contaminated
• uncleanly
• draggled
• besmirched
• befouled
• slovenly
• unkempt
• gunky
• impure
• untidy
• bemired
• sooty
• germy
• messed
• defiled
• fuliginous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• spotless
• immaculate
• unsullied
• stainless
• cleaned
• neat
• unstained
• spick-and-span
• unsoiled
• ultraclean
• tidy
• cleanly
• bleached
• groomed
• cleansed
• spic-and-span
• shiny
• bright
• perfect
• whitened
• sparkling
• untouched
• purified
• wholesome
• flawless
• unspotted
• unpolluted
• unblemished
• untainted
• virgin
• undefiled
• taintless

Examples of scuzzy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The guests have lots of range — there are serial cheaters, all types of scuzzy folks and even a man who likes to dress as a baby and act out everything, down to the boom boom in his diaper. —David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024

Starring Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, and Imogen Poots, Green Room is a siege movie marked by scuzzy realism and a palpable sense of danger. —Katie Rife, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023

Spiel [New West] On their debut album, Spiel, Office Dog submerge their brand of indie rock under scuzzy noise until the bubbles stop rising to the top. —Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Jan. 2024

Will Adam prove a match for a heavily armed government security team, the FBI agents and the scuzzy goon squad hired by Westwyld? —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024