duffing en · ADJ
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, slang) Like a duffer; incompetent or worthless.
'I don't comprehend your meaning, Mr. St. Leger,' was the respectful reply. 'What a duffing old file you must be, then! Caractacus, of course.'
1875, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, editor, Belgravia, a London magazine, page 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more duffing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most duffing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
dreckish · two-bit · draffish · not worth a curse · shitty-ass · of no value · shit · jabberwocky · garbagey · good-for-nothing · punk · suckworthy · not worth a dime · goodless · rubbishy · cocking · nonvaluable · unappreciated · naughty · trinkety · inept · drecky · cruddy · cacky · not worth a brass farthing · pissass · duffing · nought · not worth a whistle · not worth a cent · ineffectual · crapalicious · no good / no-good · not worth a farthing · good-for-nothing · toshy · worthless · shitstained · for the birds · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · putid · not worth a damn · tripy · worth nothing · not worth a cress · good-for-naught · chaffy · ineffective · mouldy · wutless · no good · not worth salt · not worth a Continental · scabbed · mucid · strawlike · tenth-rate · shitey · bastardly · blown · not worth a plug nickel · vain · rubbishly · fucking · sixpenny · valueless · junky · sorry-ass · not worth hell room · triobolar · unvaluable · cullionly · invaluable · screwy · not worth a nickel · not worth a penny · no-account · scummy · shand · draffy