Synonyms of scuzzy

scuzzy

adjective

slang

as in dusty

severely lacking in cleanliness

My friend thinks that scuzzy dive bar has "character," but the smell alone is enough to keep me far away from that place.

Related Words

• dusty
• filthy
• greasy
• black
• dirty
• blackened
• sleazy
• shabby
• squalid
• muddy
• skanky
• raunchy
• grimy
• dingy
• nasty
• stained
• unsanitary
• soiled
• unwashed
• insanitary
• grungy
• sordid
• smudged
• grubby
• littered
• polluted
• uncleaned
• mucky
• unclean
• messy
• grotty
• unsterile
• unsterilized
• begrimed
• bedraggled
• sloppy
• smutty
• foul
• tainted
• cruddy
• collied
• sullied
• contaminated
• uncleanly
• draggled
• besmirched
• befouled
• slovenly
• unkempt
• gunky
• impure
• untidy
• bemired
• sooty
• germy
• messed
• defiled
• fuliginous

Dissimilar Words

• clean
• spotless
• immaculate
• unsullied
• stainless
• cleaned
• neat
• unstained
• spick-and-span
• unsoiled
• ultraclean
• tidy
• cleanly
• bleached
• groomed
• cleansed
• shiny
• bright
• perfect
• whitened
• sparkling
• untouched
• purified
• wholesome
• flawless
• unspotted
• unpolluted
• unblemished
• untainted
• virgin
• undefiled
• taintless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scuzzy

The Stones are at their best when playing scuzzy blues with the shellac stripped away. — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026

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. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

Back in New York, following Marty’s unimaginable defeat in London, Abel Ferrara appears as a scuzzy street-level gangster who entrusts Marty and his taxi-driving best friend Wally (Tyler Okonma) with his near feral dog. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Dec. 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