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scum

/skʌm/

US pronunciation
American sound/skʌm/
scum
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short u vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> scum

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရေ၊အရည်မျက်နှာပြင်ရှိအညစ်အကြေး၊မှော်၊ချော်၊အမြှုပ်။ လူဖျင်း။ လူသွမ်း။ ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး။ အလကားလူ။ ငါးဆားနူ။ အဆီ၊အညှဝေ့နေသော။

Full entry

scum /skʌm/ n

၁။ [U, sing] ရေ၊ အရည်မျက်နှာပြင်ရှိ အညစ်အကြေး၊ မှော်၊ ချော်၊ အမြှုပ်။ stinking water covered by a thick green scum.
၂။ [pl v ] လူဖျင်း။ လူသွမ်း။ ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး။ အလကားလူ။ ငါးဆားနူ။ Don't waste your sympathy on scum like that. ❍ She regards drug dealers as the scum of the earth (ie as the worst people there are).
❏ scummy adj
အဆီ၊ အညှိ ဝေ့နေသော။ cold, scummy tea.

More examples
  • A thick layer of black scum lay on the canal water.
  • The people who do these dreadful things are scum.
Synonyms
froth, foam, crust, skin, algae, curs, despicable, dirt, dregs, dross, film, filth, impurities, layer, lowest, mass, mob, proletariat, rabble, residue, riffraff, rubbish, scruff, scum of the earth, spume, superficial impurities, trash, unwashed, vermin, waste
Antonyms
cleanliness, possessions, sense
Cross references
frothfoamcrustskinalgaecursdespicabledirtdregsdrossfilmfilthimpuritieslayerlowestmassmobproletariatrabbleresidueriffraffrubbishscruffscum of the earthspumesuperficial impuritiestrashunwashed
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