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scunge

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Muck, scum, dirt, dirtiness; also used attributively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grime, gunge, muck, scum

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A scrounger; one who habitually borrows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bludger, moocher, smell-feast, bloodsucker, bummer, freeloader, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch, parasite, scrounge, scrounger, scunge, sponge, sponger, sucker, trencher mate

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A dirty or untidy person; one who takes no pride in their appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dag, grub, slob, clatty, dirtbag, dirtball, feague, frump, grotbag, meff, oinker, pig, ragtag, schlep, schlump, scruff, scruffbag, scruffball, scunge, shabaroon, slotch, slammock, slummock, soap dodger, mudlark

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A scoundrel; a worthless or despicable person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, derogatory, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asshole, piece of work, scumbag, assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot, assfuck, assfucker, asshat, asshead, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncher, asstard, asswagon, assweed, asswipe, bag of dicks, ball sack, ballsucker, barf bag, bastard, berk, bitchcunt, bitchface, bitchfuck, bitchwhore, blackguard, buttface, butthead, buttmunch, buttmuncher, choad, chunderhead, chunk-blower, cockatrice, cockbag, cockbreath, cockface, cockfag, cockfuck, cockfucker, cock gobbler, cockhead, cock-knocker, cockmonger, cockmunch, cockmuncher, cocksack, cockshit, cocksuck, cocksucker, cockwad, cockwaffle, cockweasel, cockwipe, crapface, craphead, cullion, cumbucket, cum guzzler, cumrag, cumstain, cunt, cuntard, cuntass, cuntbag, cuntbiscuit, cuntbitch, cuntbreath, cuntbucket, cuntface, cuntfuck, cuntfucker, cunthead, cuntlapper, cuntlicker, cuntmuffin, cunt muncher, cuntrag, cuntshit, cuntstain, cuntsucker, cuntwad, cuntwaffle, cuntweasel, cuntweed, cuntwhacker, cuntwipe, dick, dickass, dickbag, dickbiscuit, dickbreath, dickbucket, dickface, dickfuck, dickfucker, dickhead, dicklicker, dick munch, dick muncher, dicknose, dicknut, dicksack, dickshit, dickslap, dicksneeze, dickstain, dickster, dicksucker, dicktard, dickwad, dickweasel, dickweed, dickwipe, dillweed, dipfuck, dipshit, dirtbag, dirthead, dirtwad, douche, douchebag, douche boat, doucheburger, douchecanoe, douchelord, douche nozzle, douchewad, douchewagon, fag, faggot, faggotface, fuck, fuckass, fuckbag, fuckball, fuckbucket, fuckchop, fucker, fuckface, fuckhead, fucklord, fuckmitten, fuckmuffin, fucknose, fucknozzle, fuckoid, fuckrod, fuckshit, fuckstain, fuckster, fuckstick, fuckskull, fucktrumpet, fuckwaffle, fuckweed, fuckwit, fuckweasel, fucktard, git, hosebag, jackass, jackoff, jagoff, jagweed, jerk, jerkball, jerko, jerkoff, jerkwad, jerkweed, jitbag, jizzbag, knob-gobbler, knob polisher, lowlife, meanie, nark, nutsack, paddock, penishead, piece of crap, piece of garbage, piece of junk, piece of shit, piece of trash, pile of crap, pile of shit, pig, pissbag, pissface, pisshead, pisspot, prick, prickface, prickhead, prickwad, pukeball, pukestain, pusbag, pushead, pussybreath, sack of shit, schmuck, scoundrel, scum, scumbreath, scumbug, scumbutt, scumface, scumfuck, scumhead, scumhole, scumlord, scunge, scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket, scuzzoid, shitass, shitball, shitbag, shitbeast, shitbird, shitbiscuit, shitbreath, shitbucket, shitcock, shitcunt, shitdick, shiteater, shitface, shitfuck, shitfucker, shitgibbon, shitgoblin, shitguzzler, shithead, shitheap, shitheel, shithook, shitlicker, shitlord, shitmuncher, shitneck, shitnugget, shitnuts, shitpiss, shitpot, shitrag, shitsack, shitstain, shitwad, shitwaffle, shitweasel, shitweed, sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag, sleazebucket, sleazehole, sleazewad, slimebucket, slimeface, slimehole, slimewad, snotbag, snotball, snotface, snothead, snotrag, snotwad, sourhead, squib, swine, thundercunt, tool, tosser, tosspot, turdbreath, turdface, turdhead, undesirable, vonce, wanker, wankface, wankfart, wankhead, wankpuffin, wankstain, weasel, wet wipe

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assoil, befoul, sully, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, begrime, beray, beshit, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten, dirty, elt, file, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, tarnish, uggle

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To slink about; to sneak, to insinuate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1846, author not visible, The Disruption: A Scottish Tale of Recent Times, R. M. Walker (printer), Edinburgh, page 341, Neither will ye scunge after the gentry like M′Quirkie, and keep your creed in your hand ready to swap it for ony ither that may happen to be mair profitable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: creep, skulk, slive, hake, scunge, sneak, shug, slink, steal, tiptoe

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To scrounge; to borrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2011, Nichola Garvey, Beating the Odds, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page, ‘ [...] My business does all the work, and you want to come and scunge a market off me and don′t even have a bet? [...] ’

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blag, cadge, mooch, beg, bum, leech, mump, scrounge, scunge, sponge, tap, wheedle

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Probably related to scrounge.