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skeeve
[ skeev ]
noun
- Also skeever. an immoral or repulsive person.
verb (used with object)
- to cause disgust in (often followed by out ):
This place is so full of mold that it really skeeves me out.
- to be disgusted by:
people who skeeve public restrooms.
verb (used without object)
- to cause disgust or feel disgusted:
The mess just made me skeeve.
Example Sentences
And though Jaxton is an obvious skeeve, decentering his maleness only as a kind of tantric come-on, Foley does it so well that the character is somehow attractive.
Men who donât want to skeeve women outâmost men, Iâm sure Roiphe would agreeâshould be grateful for the chance to hear straight from a woman herself that he should think twice before drunkenly creeping toward a woman in the backseat of a taxi, ignoring her hostile body language while bragging about his powerful friends.
He gave up both a long time ago, and cigarettes a decade ago, but is very funny about the lengths he went to âskeeveâ drugs, and the precision with which he timetabled writing periods around substance abuse.
I hate to skeeve out the squeamish even more, but some women do experience arousal during breastfeedingâitâs actually normal, and can happen regardless of the infantâs age.
âOrdinarily, double-dipping on a razor would skeeve me out completely,â Miss Ohio explained.
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What does Čő°ì±đ±đ±č±đÌęmean?
Skeeve is slang that means to cause disgust and is often followed by out, as in The mess in my bedroom really skeeves my mother out.
Skeeve also means to be disgusted, as in Mia is skeeved by how politics works.
Something that skeeves you makes you feel disgusted, revolted, or shocked. When youâre skeeved, you might cringe, get an uneasy feeling, or become nauseous.
A skeeve is a person who is considered immoral or repulsive. Such a person is sometimes called a skeever. The term is used as an insult toward someone you find to be morally reprehensible or literally repulsive, as in appearance or smell. The term is occasionally used to insult animals as well.
Example: Luna was so skeeved by the schoolâs bathrooms that she wouldnât use them.
Where does Čő°ì±đ±đ±č±đÌęcome from?
The first records of the term skeeve come from around the 1980s. It is a back formation of the adjective skeevy, a slang term that probably comes from the Italian schifo, meaning âdisgust.â
Skeeve is used less often than the slang term skeevy, which means âslovenly,â or âimmoral.â People that are described as skeevy could also be called skeeves, and when someone describes a place or object as skeevy, they could say that it skeeves them out or that they skeeve it.
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How is Čő°ì±đ±đ±č±đÌęused in real life?
Skeeve is often used to describe feeling disgusted but is also used as an insult.
there's a lizard outside the window sticking its bulgy throat out at me and winking like a skeeve someone come collect it
â Daniel JosĂ© Older (@djolder)
You know, I've always had this petty thing I do where (for the most part) I kinda skeeve celebrities who are the children of other celebrities, or whose rich parents otherwise gave them some kind of a leg up. I rarely say it out loud, because of how petty it sounds.
â Robyn Pennacchia (@RobynElyse)
Milk mustaches skeeve me out.
â Jenny Hart (@jennyjhart)
Try using skeeve!
Which of the following is NOT a synonym for skeeve?
A. disgust
B. attract
C. revolt
D. sicken
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