SCUMBAG Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

scumbag

noun

ˈskəm-ˌbag

slang

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others don't romanticize that con artist, as she's nothing more than a scumbag who cheats the most vulnerable

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Recent Examples of scumbag The sequel to 2021's Furioza brings us back into the dark and unsettling Polish underworld, as a young scumbag gets stuck under the thumb of the police and has to infiltrate a notorious prison as an informant. —

PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025 Since then, he's played killers, cops, aliens, scumbags, and mean dads in films like Cop Land (1997), The Faculty (1998), and Walk the Line (2005), as well as series such as The X-Files (2000–2002), 1923 (2022–2025), and Peacemaker (2022–present). —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025 Once the province of bikers and sailors and scumbags, tattoos now appear on nearly one-third of all Americans. —

John Semley, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025 There are two types of scumbag in the cybercrime world: those who pick on vulnerable individuals to perpetrate their fraud, and those who target healthcare in search of illicit financial gains. —

Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scumbag

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Noun

Dear Jay Norvell, try not to be a complete @#$&%# jerk.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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— Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2026