2. Noun. (context: mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scumbag
1. a dirtbag [n -S] - See also: dirtbag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scumbag
Literary usage of Scumbag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"As it is, I can barely contain my rage at the thought that a scumbag like you is
consuming air that the rest of us could be breathing! ..."
2. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"... but they were real scumbag types there. Sort of real dirty...just troublemaking
people. They weren't actually very good students or anything. ..."
3. Republic by Charles Edward Sheehan-miles (2007)
"Ain't gonna be no rally anyhow, not with this scumbag in lockup. Go on home."
A burly man in jeans and a red t-shirt pushed his way to the fore of the crowd ..."
4. Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble And Rubble by Tom Evslin (2006)
"You told me you got mad and went in to tell him he was a scumbag. I can buy that.
But it doesn't sound right that when you're mad you stop to think ..."
5. Maggie's Sauna by Paul E. Furdon (2000)
"... prejudiced them against the defendant." "Too bad the DA couldn't show the jury
photos of the mutilated body of the scumbag murderer!" Ronzoni muttered. ..."
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