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Slummiest vs Scummiest - What's the difference?

slummiest | scummiest |

As adjectives the difference between slummiest and scummiest

is that slummiest is (slummy) while scummiest is (scummy).

slummiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (slummy)

    • slummy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
  • *2003 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘Miss Kincaid's Autumn’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story ), p. 745:
  • *:Cars and unemployment increased. Council houses took on a slummier look.

    • scummiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (scummy)

    • scummy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in scum.
    • We have to wash your trousers: they're all scummy .
  • (slang) sleazy, worthless, no good
  • * 2006 , (Arctic Monkeys), When the Sun Goes Down (song)
    • And what a scummy man / just give him half a chance / I bet he'll rob you if he can.