skeevy
English
Etymology
From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) plus English suffix -y. Compare Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskiːvi/
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Adjective
skeevy (comparative skeevier, superlative skeeviest)
- (slang) Disgusting or distasteful.
- 1970, Carol Evan, Glad and Sorry Seasons, page 3:
- Carefully holding onto every dirty, skeevy piece of information he collected, he used it in his own best interests to ferret his way into a Vice Presidency
- 2013, Jessica Hagedorn, Manila Noir, Akashic Books (ISBN 9781617751769), page 183
- He was huddled in the doorway of this skeevy noodle joint in Binondo, the kind of skeevy joint in a skeevy alley where you wouldn't expect to see a guy like Paco. Or maybe you would.
- 2017, Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still, Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9781481499187), page 232
- The idea of hanging out with a skeevy poker player and all of his skeevy friends was not my idea of a good time. But I didn't want Lottie to go alone, either. I assumed the guy was dangerous.
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