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scungy

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈskʌnd͡ʒi/

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adj

Meaning 1

Dirty, messy; sordid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, US, informal

Examples

  • 1975, The Bulletin, Issues 4951-4963, page 44, [...] bewitched by the culinary oddities introduced by migrants from the scungier sections of the Old World.
  • 1990 September, Byron Coley, Underground, Spin, page 86, The cassette collects outtakes, demos, and scungier droppings, so it′s only about as intrinsically interesting as the leftover's from Ric Menck's Groovy Strum comp must be.
  • 2007, Nigel Latta, Into the Darklands and Beyond, 2010, HarperCollins New Zealand, unnumbered page, They lived in a scungy state house that was far scungier than it needed to be.
  • That is a scungy lawn in front of the rented flat down the road.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From scunge + -y.