scum[noun]Synonyms:- impurities, dross, film, froth
- rabble, dregs of society, riffraff, trash
(chiefly U.S. & Canad.)
Related Idioms: scum of the earth
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
scum /skʌm/
noun[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Middle Dutch;
Origin: schum]
1. [uncountable] an unpleasant dirty substance that forms on the surface of water:
a pond covered with green scum2. [plural] informal nasty unpleasant people:
Scum like that should be locked away! People like that are the scum of the earth.—scummy adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲