shand en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English shande, schande, schonde, from Old English sċeand, sċand (“shame, disgrace, infamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skounde (“shame, disgrace”), West Frisian skande (“disgrace, shame, humiliation”), Dutch schande (“shame, disgrace, reproach, dishonour, scandal”), German Schande (“shame, disgrace, ignominity, dishonour”), Luxembourgish Schan (“shame”), Yiddish שאַנד (shand, “shame”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”). Related to shame, shend. Doublet of shanda and shonda. Compare typologically the opposite direction meaning shift Proto-Slavic *pozorъ < *zьrěti (“to observe”).
Meanings
- (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Worthless.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more shand | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most shand | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| shond | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
scummy · cruddy · vain · triobolar · not worth a dime · not worth hell room · good-for-nothing · tripy · rubbishly · bastardly · putid · tenth-rate · unappreciated · dreckish · punk · drecky · scabbed · strawlike · cocking · chaffy · no good / no-good · shitey · valueless · mouldy · pissass · cullionly · unvaluable · naughty · for the birds · suckworthy · cacky · duffing · good-for-naught · screwy · not worth a farthing · goodless · mucid · draffy · not worth a nickel · fucking · garbagey · draffish · not worth a damn · valueless · nonvaluable · crapalicious · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · two-bit · no-account · jabberwocky · shitty-ass · of no value · not worth a cent · not worth a brass farthing · worthless · not worth a penny · not worth a plug nickel · shand · shitstained · shit · worth nothing · wutless · junky · duffing · not worth salt · sorry-ass · ineffectual · sixpenny · not worth a whistle · not worth a curse · rubbishy · not worth a cress · toshy · nought · invaluable · blown · no good · not worth a Continental · trinkety