Synonyms of the word scum


SCUMFILM - RABBLE - RAGTAG - REMOVE - RIFFRAFF - TRASH

scum

  • n. (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal…
  • n. (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds.
  • n. The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
  • n. (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) semen.
  • n. (countable, derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
  • v. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
  • v. To remove (something) as scum.
  • v. To become covered with scum.
  • v. (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
  • v. (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
  • v. (video games, informal) To startscum or savescum.

film

  • n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
  • n. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  • n. A movie.
  • n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
  • n. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
  • v. To record a motion picture on photographic film.
  • v. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

rabble

  • v. (intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense.
  • v. (transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out.
  • n. A mob; a disorderly crowd.
  • n. The mass of common people; the lowest class of people.

ragtag

  • adj. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
  • adj. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

remove

  • v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
  • v. (transitive) To murder.
  • v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
  • v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
  • v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
  • v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
  • v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
  • n. The act of removing something.
  • n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
  • n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
  • n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
  • n. Distance in time or space; interval.
  • n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
  • n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

riffraff

  • n. The rabble; crowds; the common people.

trash

  • n. (chiefly US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  • n. A container into which things are discarded.
  • n. Something worthless or of poor quality.
  • n. (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash…
  • n. (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
  • n. (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered…
  • n. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
  • v. (US) To discard.
  • v. (US) To make into a mess.
  • v. (US) To beat soundly in a game.
  • v. (US) To disrespect someone or something.
  • v. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
  • v. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
  • v. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain;…

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