cruddy

[ kruhd-ee ]

adjective

, Slang.

, crud·di·er, crud·di·est.

1. covered, encrusted, or saturated with dirt, grease, or other objectionable substance; filthy:

   It gets the cruddiest work clothes clean.

2. worthless or useless; inferior in quality; lousy:

   a cruddy, broken-down car.

3. extremely disagreeable in character; nasty; contemptible; lowdown:

   Keep your cruddy remarks to yourself.

cruddy

/ ˈkrʌdɪ /

adjective

1. dirty or unpleasant
2. of poor quality; contemptible

Word History and Origins

Origin of cruddy¹

First recorded in 1945–50; crud + -y ¹

Example Sentences

It’s a home one otherwise supportive gallerist calls “pretty cruddy,” a home where, on one of its walls, Hammons painted what he called “Flight Fantasy.”

From New York Times

The film is set on a cruddy, crime-ridden urban campus where a killer is on the loose.

From New York Times

Their terms of art run from “really cruddy” to “rare as heck.”

From New York Times

It seems another superhero is putting the big hurt on bad guys in cruddy gray old Gotham.

From Seattle Times

Dear Carolyn: I’m 50, and after a pretty good run, have had three really cruddy years with one health crisis or traumatic event after another.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• contaminated
• crummy
• disheveled
• dusty
• filthy
• greasy
• grimy
• messy
• muddy
• murky
• nasty
• polluted
• sloppy
• stained
• unkempt