skanky

skanky

adj \ˈskaŋ-kē\

skank·i·erskank·i·est

Definition of SKANKY

1

slang : repugnantly filthy or squalid

2

slang : of low or sleazy character

Examples of SKANKY

1. <a pop star who cultivates an image that is more skanky than sexy>

Origin of SKANKY

¹skank

First Known Use: 1982

Related to SKANKY

Synonyms: sleazy [slang], slatternly, sluttish, slutty, trampy

Related Words: whorish; indecent, lascivious, lewd, wanton; indecorous, unbecoming; corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, libertine, perverted, reprobate

Near Antonyms: priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced); decent, decorous, genteel, polite, proper, seemly; celibate, chaste, modest, moral, pure, virtuous

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Rhymes with SKANKY

cranky, hankie, lanky, Yankee