scuzzier; scuzziest
slang
: dirty, shabby, or foul in condition or character
Examples of scuzzy in a Sentence
He is a scuzzy guy.
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The safety curtain that greets audiences filing in for the third Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross depicts a set of steak knives, the infamous second prize in a contest for the highest sales figures among colleagues at a scuzzy Chicago real estate office.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first heist film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Knight convincingly takes us back to the grimy, scuzzy streets of 1880s East London for a showdown in and out of the boxing ring.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first heist film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Knight convincingly takes us back to the grimy, scuzzy streets of 1880s East London for a showdown in and out of the boxing ring.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scuzzy
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“Scuzzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scuzzy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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