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1(the) scum of the earth — offensive phrase an insulting expression for people who you think are very unpleasant Thesaurus: people who are annoying or unpleasantsynonym Main entry: scum …
2(the) scum of the earth — very informal if a group of people are the scum of the earth, they are the worst type of people. People who abuse children are the scum of the earth …
3scum of the earth — people who are not worthy of respect, people of low morals …
4Scum of the earth — 1. despicable person; sleaze; 2. despicable, lowlife people in general …
5scum of the earth — Australian Slang 1. despicable person; sleaze; 2. despicable, lowlife people in general …
6scum — [ skʌm ] noun uncount 1. ) OFFENSIVE an insulting word for someone you think is very unpleasant: The people who do these terrible things are scum. 2. ) a layer of a dirty or unpleasant substance that forms on the surface of a liquid: A thick… …
7scum — [skʌm] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: schum] 1.) [U] an unpleasant dirty substance that forms on the surface of water ▪ a pond covered with green scum 2.) [plural] informal nasty, unpleasant people ▪ Scum like that should be locked… …
8Scum — (sk[u^]m), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. skum, Icel. sk[=u]m, LG. schum, D. schuim, OHG. sc[=u]m, G. schaum; probably from a root meaning, to cover. [root]158. Cf. {Hide} skin, {Meerschaum}, {Skim}, v., {Sky}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… …
9scum — [n1] superficial impurities, dirt algae, crust, dross, film, froth, residue, scruff, spume, waste; concept 260 Ant. cleanliness scum [n2] people who are bad, despicable curs*, dregs, lowest, mass, mob, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, rubbish*,… …
10The Antichrist (book) — The Antichrist   Cover of the 2005 Cosimo edition …
