SCUMBAGS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

scumbags

noun

plural of scumbag, slang

as in bastards

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 scumbags Soul Quest Overdrive takes a page out of Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s book and follows four anthropomorphic pieces of sports gear that are absolute scumbags. —

Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 Ninety-nine percent of politicians are scumbags. —

Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 16 Nov. 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

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Noun

After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.

— William Earl, Variety, 10 June 2026