Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈskʌ.zi/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈskʊzi/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
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/ˈskʌze/
Pronunciation notes
- Scotland
Adjective
Dirty or grimy.
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a scuzzy toilet
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Outside the gay discotheques, there was also a yuppy scene of 'XTC parties' that precociously featured one of the defining aspects of rave – the eschewing of alcohol in favour of juice and mineral water. For these respectable professionals, Ecstasy didn't seem like a drug; it was cheap, there was no scuzzy paraphernalia like syringes or bongs, it wasn't […]
Disreputable; sleazy.
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They were easy to shrug off as harmless cranks, only interested in getting together in scuzzy pubs to talk about a revolution they would never manage to provoke, more likely to fight among themselves than raise a concerted attack on the minorities they were so opposed to.
I’d been counting on Paul, a scuzzy-but-still-sexy manager of a music club in Shoreditch, to meet up with me on my first night in London.