adjective
- Of the most contemptible kind.
- usage: "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
- Covered with scum.
- usage: "the scummy surface of the polluted pond"
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