Scum is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like trash or rabble. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Scum meaning
- A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
Using Scum
- The main meaning on this page is: A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water). | A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds | The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- Useful related words include: trash, rabble, riffraff, ragtag.
- In the example corpus, scum often appears in combinations such as: the scum, scum and, reno scum.
Context around Scum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scum
- In this selection, "scum" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chanting, leftist, soap, bastards, china and harassed stand out and add context to how "scum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and soap scum and arlington you scum. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scum" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In Cuba, Castro called his enemies ‘scum’. (7 words)
But what would scum China know about freedom? (8 words)
How many Ukrainian children did this scum murder? (8 words)
Hotovely, who has previously been called 'zionist scum'harassed by angry mobs on Britain's streets, said that whilst we live in a democracy, freedom of speech needed to be limited to prevent people spouting hatred. (36 words)
Now we can just sit back and watch the patient hunting down of murderers and the destruction of a terrorist regime and its supporters, as Israel displays its unbeatable anility to crush this disease-ridden scum. (36 words)
If you put too much energy into the big round thing--it hurts the scum that is over it--which you are part of. (24 words)
But what would scum China know about freedom? (8 words)
How many Ukrainian children did this scum murder? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
Protestors outside Tory conference chanting ‘scum, scum, scum’, ‘bastards’ and various charming forms of the F word.
Weinstein is scum, and he’s certainly leftist scum, but he’s not a complete moron.
Also, they will use a special pump to remove the sludge and scum from the tank.
But what would scum China know about freedom?
Clothes can become discoloured for various reasons such as using the wrong amount of detergent or fabric softener, limescale and soap scum.
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, most Outer Rim planets became hives of scum and villainy.
Hotovely, who has previously been called 'zionist scum'harassed by angry mobs on Britain's streets, said that whilst we live in a democracy, freedom of speech needed to be limited to prevent people spouting hatred.
How many Ukrainian children did this scum murder?
I don’t lose to SCUM…Fools shouldn’t be lying to the judge.
If you put too much energy into the big round thing--it hurts the scum that is over it--which you are part of.
In Cuba, Castro called his enemies ‘scum’.
I sprayed this all over yellow scum, bad black dirt, boom, gone.
Now we can just sit back and watch the patient hunting down of murderers and the destruction of a terrorist regime and its supporters, as Israel displays its unbeatable anility to crush this disease-ridden scum.
Really need a good rain to flush out the scum weeds.
That scum regime put their signature on the Minsk Agreements and didn't abide by their word - they had it coming.
We had a chance to get rid of this scum but didn’t.
A low-life scum literally ripped it off his hand while he slept overnight.
And as long as I’m here, a double f**k you DonOLD for insulting our nation’s veterans at Arlington you scum.
Animal and child abusers are the lowest scum on earth.
He has routinely labelled the press as ‘dishonest’ and ‘scum’ and has singled out individual news organisations and journalists.
Common combinations with scum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: