slummy

[ sluhm-ee ]

adjective

, slum·mi·er, slum·mi·est.

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a slum:

   a slummy part of town.

Other Words From

• slummi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slummy¹

First recorded in 1855–60; slum + -y ¹

Example Sentences

After the turn of the century, as Bunker Hill slid in status from chic to slummy, Angels Flight appeared in so many noir movies and TV shows that it should have its own SAG card.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether in London, a slummy neighbourhood of Tunis, or in whole Syrian cities, what stood out was the deep need to be included.

From The Guardian

With remarkable precision and emotional weight, these stories depict working-class Glasgow: slummy, rowdy, tribal, drunken, despondent, quixotic and irrepressible.

From New York Times

We accompany the volatile, sparkling-eyed charmer to the slummy muraled cafes and dance halls where artists, writers, journalists and models drank, flirted and quarreled.

From Washington Post

For just 25 cents, anyone could go watch him work at the 5th Street Gym, an airless, low-ceilinged hotbox up a wood staircase in a slummy part of Miami Beach.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• battered
• broken-down
• crumbling
• damaged
• decaying
• decrepit
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• dingy
• in ruins
• neglected
• ramshackle
• rickety
• run down
• seedy
• shabby
• unkempt