crummy

  • 11Crummy — This interesting surname is of Scots Gaelic origin, and is of locational derivation from the place called Crombie in the parish of Auchterless, in the former county of Aberdeenshire (now part of the Grampian region), where the name is mainly… …

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  • 12crummy — crum|my [ˈkrʌmi] adj informal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: crumb] of bad quality or unpleasant ▪ We were staying in this really crummy hotel. ▪ a crummy job …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13crummy — crumby, crummy When the reference is to actual crumbs, as in a crumby loaf or a crumby tablecloth, use crumby. When the meaning is ‘dirty, squalid; inferior, worthless’, use crummy …

    Modern English usage

  • 14crummy — 1. adjective bad; poor Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking. 2. noun Small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite. A common term when referring to a… …

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  • 15crummy — crum|my [ krʌmi ] adjective INFORMAL not good in quality: a crummy school …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16crummy — adj Bad, no good Where did you get such a crummy baseball mitt? 1940s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 17crummy — poor quality, lousy, shabby    We canceled the picnic because of the crummy weather …

    English idioms

  • 18crummy — AND crumby [“krami] mod. lousy; bad; inferior. □ You know, this stuff is pretty crummy. □ It’s worse than crumby …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 19crummy adj — After burning a batch of cookies, a baker felt very crummy …

    English expressions

  • 20crummy — Synonyms and related words: abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, barfy, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, bum, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crappy, creepy, debased, degraded, depraved, despicable, dirty, disgusting, execrable, flagrant …

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