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—slumminess, n./slum"ee/, adj., slummier, slummiest.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a slum: a slummy part of town.[1855-60; SLUM + -Y1]
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slummy — adjective (slummier; est) Date: 1873 of, relating to, or suggestive of a slum < slummy streets > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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slummy — adj Like the slums. I am living straight slummy since the rents stopped sending me money. 1990s … Historical dictionary of American slang
slummy — slum ► NOUN 1) a squalid and overcrowded urban area inhabited by very poor people. 2) a house or building unfit for human habitation. ► VERB (slummed, slumming) (often slum it) informal ▪ voluntarily spend time in uncomfortable conditions or at a … English terms dictionary
slummy — adjective (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty a slummy part of town slum conditions • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑slum … Useful english dictionary
slummy — Synonyms and related words: battered, beat up, beaten up, broken down, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, in ruins, ramshackle, ruined, ruinous, run down, shabby, slumlike, sordid, squalid, tottery, tumbledown, wretched … Moby Thesaurus
slummy — adj. of or pertaining to a slum, resembling a slum, overcrowded and poverty stricken, run down, squalid … English contemporary dictionary
