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scuzzball

noun
scuzz·​ball | \ ˈskÉ™z-ËŒbȯl How to pronounce scuzzball (audio) \

Definition of scuzzball

slang
: an unpleasant, dirty, or dangerous person : creep

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Synonyms for scuzzball

Synonyms

bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin

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Examples of scuzzball in a Sentence

as you might expect, the owner of that sweatshop is a total scuzzball

First Known Use of scuzzball

1981, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for scuzzball

scuzz-, back-formation from scuzzy

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