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Recent Examples of skanky My first outfit was from Le Chateau, a skanky bathing suit and a weird top. Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skanky
Adjective
  • That included former interim U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who wrote in her resignation letter that Adams had entered into a corrupt quid pro quo with Trump to get rid of his case by offering immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • He has been banned for life from the city of Bonita Springs, having once sunk a corrupt city councilman’s party barge, but shows little remorse.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • These were the years in which capitalism shed its pitiless light on the absurd British soul, with its deep striations of caste and station, its postcolonial taint, most of all its perverted emotional core, full of love and loathing for its own extremes of domination and servitude.
    Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • But, even at its most perverted, Shadow of the Erdtree handles motherhood like nuclear energy.
    Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 5 July 2024
Adjective
  • This is a world of murderers for hire, sleazy lobbyists, incompetent lawyers, sketchy doctors, and thieving ex-husbands.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
  • Scarred by infighting, the insecure NBC show eventually became a hate-watch for many and had all kinds of stereotypes, from diva catfights to sleazy directors to avaricious personal assistants.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Skanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skanky. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

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