scum of the earth

noun phrase

: the worst people on the earth

Examples of scum of the earth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Bone Temple portrays its central figures as the scum of the earth. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2026

The man who slaughtered vulnerable women on the streets of East London in the fall of 1888 was the scum of the earth. — Julie Berry, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025

There are lots of places to self-publish that don’t feed into a platform that is taking money away from small businesses and giving it to wretched, scum of the earth billionaires. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2025

Rhymes for scum of the earth

• afterbirth
• berth
• birth
• dearth
• firth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth