scumbag

noun

ˈskəm-ˌbag How to pronounce scumbag (audio)
Definition of scumbagnext
slang
as in bastard
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 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
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  1. jerk
  2. clown
  3. dog
  4. joker
Noun
  • What a jerk! Neagley fares better, dispatching two button men sent to kill her in her Windy City high-rise office.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • If anyone other than Rudd were playing her selfish dad, audiences would be actively rooting for the jerk to get ’corned.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of jerk
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
  • She’s costumed like a clown, but her screenplay is as confident as an antihero’s cleverest heist.
    — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of clown
Noun
  • 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
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    — cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
Definition of dog
Noun
  • Once infused with the diabolical spirit, the guide is transformed into a buffoon, complete with a harlequin outfit—a mad joker and a dancing fool who does a little jig to the sound of a jazz trio.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Definition of joker

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