Synonyms for SCUM
skʌmscum

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1. scumnoun

   To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

   Synonyms:
   cinder, dross, scoriae, impurity, slag

2. scumnoun

   Synonyms:
   bastard

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1. trash, scumnoun

   worthless people

   Synonyms:
   scum, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass, codswallop, ice, rubbish, wish-wash, deoxyephedrine, applesauce, folderol, shabu, chicken feed, chalk, trumpery, scrap, meth, methamphetamine, crank, tripe

2. scumverb

   a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

   Synonyms:
   trash

3. scumverb

   remove the scum from

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1. scumnoun

   Synonyms:
   froth, dross, refuse, scoria, recrement

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1. scumnoun

   Synonyms:
   dross, recrement, refuse, waste, froth

2. scumverb

   Synonyms:
   despumate

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1. List of paraphrases for "scum":

   scumbag, garbage, vermin, rabble, trash, shitheel, froth, scoundrel, foam, scrap, bastard, gangsta, banger, rot

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1. Peter Kropotkin:

   America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.

2. John Dryden:

   A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

3. Godfather, The:

   Don Corleone What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.

4. J. W. Schopf:

   For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like a gnat that accidentally flew into their mouths — spit them out on the pavement, i am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.