crummy en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹʌmi/
Etymology
Variant of crumby, mid 19th c.
Meanings
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(informal) Bad; poor.
Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Does it look like I care? No, seriously, stare real hard and long at the picture at the top of this column. That’s about as much reaction as you’re gonna get out of me as far as your crummy problems go.
1997 December 19, Matt Thompson, “Wiz deals with Xmas mail load”, in Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, Oh.: Cox Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:Whether it's a crummy hometown, a crummy job, or a crummy family, Bruce punctuates his songs with some oppressive tension. Early on in his work, oppression is nothing an open window, a fast car, a willing female, or a tank of gas couldn't fix.
2011, Randall E. Auxier, Douglas R. Anderson, Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy: Darkness on the Edge of Truth, Open Court, →ISBN, page 197:
- (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs.
- (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crummier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| crummiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
fifth-rate · shitty · coffee-and · incompetent · loathsome · fourth-rate · sixth-rate · below par · crummy · dismal · cheap and nasty · shitty · coarse · ordinary · awful · god-awful · woeful · slazy · punk · crapperific · mid · trashy · hellish · craptastic · rubbish · ass · slim · horrible · bottom-shelf · horrid · second-rate · crummy · BTEC · horrific · craptacular · one-star · pathetic · peak · cheap · dreadful · inferior · made in China · bum · abysmal · crappy · wretched · dire · inadequate · poor man's · crappy · sloppy · low-grade · intolerable · ropy · miserable · craptabulous · base · substandard · atrocious · rubbish · horrendous · naughty · inferior · shoddy · inelegant · shitawful · dogwater · crapalicious · hideous · low-rent · sad · subpar · slight · dogshit · crumby · crappo · godawful · naff · odious · chronic · chintzy · corny · lousy · trash · cheapshit · deityforsaken · negative · fourth-rate · piss-poor · poor · crap · wack · shite · tin-pot · tenth-rate · scrubby · garbage · bad · lackluster · gash · low-quality · cruddy · third-rate · pound-shop · lousy · low · rinky-dink · schlocky · drecky · subpar · pathetic · cheesy · foul · flimsy · disagreeable · hopeless · unfavorable · rotten · terrible · shit · bad · crap · ticky-tacky · under par
Translations (15)
cs prachbídný (bad, poor) · ru дрянной (bad, poor) · de lausig (bad, poor) · hu vacak (bad, poor) · cs mizerný (bad, poor) · hu rossz (bad, poor) · es desagradable (bad, poor) · pl lichy (bad, poor) · ru никудышный (bad, poor) · ca galdós (bad, poor) · es feo (bad, poor) · es mal (bad, poor) · es pésimo (bad, poor) · es de mala muerte (bad, poor) · pl marny (bad, poor)