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crappy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈkɹæpi/ (US)
(US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Dutch krappender. Old French crappe Middle French crapebor. Middle English crappe English crap Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crappy From crap + -y.

Meanings

(Canada, US, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
- The referee just made a really crappy call.
- “Many scientists and historians think we’re entering into a new epoch — one where things are simply … well, crappier,” declares the opening voice-over in a thick northern English accent (regularly used in Britain to indicate no-nonsense, tongue-in-cheek pragmatism). 2024 February 5, Elizabeth Paton, “Will Shoppers Ever Care About the Destruction of the Planet?”, in The New York Times:
- Think of the content mill as a modern-day literary sweatshop—writers hunkering down at hot keyboards, plowing away at 3,000 word articles for, literally, pennies. Content mills were born because someone figured out that by targeting popular search result terms, they could commission an army of crappy posts catering to these terms and dominate Google's results. 2015, Zachary Petit, The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing, Penguin, →ISBN:
- That is such a crappy car.
- The food there used to be good but now it's crappy.
- She took a leap in 2019 and bought an investment property, a duplex in Missoula, Mont., intending to live in one unit and rent the other. “It was the crappiest house on the block,” she said. 2022 July 29, Jennifer Miller, “Investing in Real Estate as Self-Care”, in The New York Times:
(Canada, US, colloquial, especially, mildly, vulgar, with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.
- I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.
(Canada, US, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
- Put the crappy diapers in the brown pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
crap		alternative	lexicographic
crappiest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
crappier	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (41)

fr à chier (of poor quality) · da belortet (covered in, containing feces) · de scheiße (bad, sick, or depressed) · mk о́двратен (of poor quality) · mk ска́пан (of poor quality) · pl badziewny (of poor quality) · el χεσμένος (covered in, containing feces) · nl bekakt (covered in, containing feces) · de beschissen (of poor quality) · sv urusel (of poor quality) · sv värdelös (of poor quality) · cmn 爛 /烂 (of poor quality) · ru сра́ный (of poor quality) · eo aĉa (of poor quality) · fi surkea (bad, sick, or depressed) · de bescheiden (of poor quality) · nn rauva (of poor quality) · fi kurja (bad, sick, or depressed) · cmn 肏蛋 (of poor quality) · fi paska (of poor quality) · de mies (bad, sick, or depressed) · el για πέταμα (of poor quality) · fi paskainen (covered in, containing feces) · fi ulosteessa (covered in, containing feces) · fi paskassa (covered in, containing feces) · ru говённый (of poor quality) · el του κώλου (of poor quality) · sv skitdålig (of poor quality) · mk по́сран (bad, sick, or depressed) · fi paska (bad, sick, or depressed) · de verkackt (covered in, containing feces) · mk га́ден (of poor quality) · yue 差 (of poor quality) · sv kass (of poor quality) · fr merdique (of poor quality) · de beschmutzt (covered in, containing feces) · fr pourrave (of poor quality) · nb ræva (of poor quality) · ru дерьмо́вый (of poor quality) · fi surkea (of poor quality) · de beschissen (bad, sick, or depressed)

crappy en · ADJ

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