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Synonyms for crummy

  • adjective

Most common

cheap cheesy sleazy shoddy crumbly

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Crappy — bad; poor

lousy, cheap, miserable, poor, cheesy, sleazy, shoddy, inferior, wretched, pathetic, chintzy, atrocious, sad, bum, low, trashy, mean, tinny, punk, scrubby, odious, foul

Other

crumbly

Antonyms

mediocre, positive, grouse

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Bad; poor.

    Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.

Related words

Other spellings
crumby

Example sentences

  • cheap It is cheap, but on the other hand it is not good.
  • cheesy The movie that we watched today was very cheesy.
  • sleazy Tom's a sleazy letch, and he gives Mary the creeps.
  • shoddy I've never seen this shoddy of an excuse in my life.
  • crumbly Feta cheese and cojita are both crumbly.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
crummyrising
cheaprising
cheesyrising
sleazyrising
shoddysteady
crumblyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
low1, sad1, bum1
4 letters
mean1, poor1, punk1, foul1
5 letters
cheap1, lousy2, tinny2
6 letters
cheesy2, trashy2, sleazy2, shoddy2, odious3
7 letters
crumbly, scrubby2, chintzy2
8 letters
pathetic3, inferior4, wretched2
9 letters
miserable4, atrocious3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).