scuzzball

scuzzball

1. slang A dirty, nasty person. I got stuck next to a total scuzzball on the train ride home. He smelled like rotten eggs! We were all scuzzballs by the end of our camping trip.
2. slang By extension, a contemptible, despicable person; a scumbag. I don't trust a thing that scuzzball says! What kind of a scuzzball defrauds elderly clients out of their life savings?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • scuzzbag
  • scuzzbucket
  • scuzzo
  • junkyard dog
  • rotten
  • beau-nasty
  • painted with the same brush
  • skrungy
  • a rotten apple
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