crummy

  • 1Crummy — Crum my (kr[u^]m m[y^]), a. 1. Full of crumb or crumbs. [1913 Webster] 2. Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty. [1913 Webster] 3. of very poor quality. [informal] Syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2crummy — 1560s, easily crumbled; 1570s, like bread, from CRUMB (Cf. crumb) + Y (Cf. y) (2). The second sense probably accounts for 18c. (and later in dialects) use, of a woman, attractively plump, full figured, buxom. Slang meaning shoddy, filthy,… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3crummy — [adj] lousy cheap, contemptible, crappy*, grotty, inferior, miserable, pathetic, poor, rotten, second rate, shabby, sub par, third rate, useless, worthless; concept 571 …

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  • 4crummy — (also crumby) ► ADJECTIVE (crummier, crummiest) informal ▪ bad, unpleasant, or of poor quality …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5crummy — [krum′ē] adj. crummier, crummiest [< CRUM(B), with basic notion “brittle, friable, hence worthless” + Y2] Slang 1. dirty, cheap, shabby, disgusting, etc. 2. inferior, worthless, contemptible, etc. crumminess n …

    English World dictionary

  • 6crummy — crummy1 crummily, adv. crumminess, n. /krum ee/, adj., crummier, crummiest, n., pl. crummies. adj. 1. Also, crumby. Slang. a. dirty and run down; shabby; seedy: a crummy fleabag of a hotel …

    Universalium

  • 7crummy — [[t]krʌ̱mi[/t]] crummier, crummiest ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) Something that is crummy is unpleasant, of very poor quality, or not good enough. [INFORMAL] Here I am at a crummy hotel, with no clean clothes... The house is so old and… …

    English dictionary

  • 8crummy — adjective informal 1 of bad quality: a crummy book | What a crummy idea! 2 ill or upset: I felt pretty crummy the next morning …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9crummy — UK [ˈkrʌmɪ] / US adjective Word forms crummy : adjective crummy comparative crummier superlative crummiest informal not good in quality a crummy school …

    English dictionary

  • 10crummy — also crumby adjective (crummier; also crumbier; est) Etymology: Middle English crumme Date: 1567 1. obsolete crumbly 2. very poor or inferior ; lousy …

    New Collegiate Dictionary