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Recent Examples of scumbag But Pip gets what’s coming to her: Max is a scumbag. Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024 In these overwhelmingly heteronormative stories, creators explore the eternal question of why, exactly, (some) women are attracted to scumbags. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024 The idea that the President's kid is a scumbag is not surprising but this is another definition of political prosecution. Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024 Williams’s play is responding to trends in the heat of its moment—urban decay, white flight, national opinion on the Vietnam War—and renders them broadly (as in some of the caricatures of city scumbags) but also with immediacy. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for scumbag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scumbag
Noun
  • On that note…being concise doesn’t mean being a total jerk either.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Rockwell's Officer Dixon, a mama’s boy with a screw loose and a history of torturing Black prisoners, is a target of her ire − that is, until the actor carefully adds layers to what could be a one-note jerk. 14.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In Eli Craig’s (Tucker & Dale vs Evil) newest outing, the real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
  • So the clown came out of him to be accepted, to be loved.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Even the jokers, which do each have their own special ability, are quick to pick up — with their wildcard capabilities made easy to understand as they’re applied mid-round.
    Scott Robertson, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This lucky gambler had an 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king and a joker.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Scumbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scumbag. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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