sixth-rate en · ADJ
Meanings
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(UK, historical, not-comparable) Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen.
The Navy classified warships by their number of cannons, and with twenty-eight, she was a sixth-rate–the lowest rank.
2023, David Grann, chapter 1, in The Wager, Doubleday:
- (idiomatic, not-comparable, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than fifth-rate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sixth rate | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
fifth-rate · first-rate · second-rate · third-rate · fourth-rate
Synonyms
rotten · dogshit · miserable · rubbish · naff · dismal · hellish · piss-poor · inadequate · horrific · shitty · horrible · foul · rubbish · terrible · sloppy · chronic · fifth-rate · crap · inelegant · unfavorable · lackluster · odious · inferior · deityforsaken · ordinary · horrible · fourth-rate · loathsome · bad · dreadful · crappy · crummy · coarse · horrendous · crapalicious · shitawful · godawful · incompetent · hideous · corny · peak · awful · lousy · abysmal · horrid · wack · atrocious · pathetic · sixth-rate · dismal · subpar · hopeless · disagreeable · dire · intolerable · negative