cruddy

adj — 4 senses

cruddy

adj

/ˈkɹʌdi/

Etymology From Middle English cruddi, equivalent to crud + -y.

1

Slang Full of crud.

2

Slang Crummy, lousy, worthless.

  • Because I didn't study for my test, I feel like I'm gonna make a pretty cruddy grade.
3

Slang Annoying, irritating.

  • Some children's cartoons sure have cruddy theme songs.
4

Obsolete Coagulated.

  • His cruell wounds with cruddy blood congeal'd.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29:
Derived terms
cruddily, cruddiness
Related terms
crufty, crusty

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