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

Scanning the water, I could make out a few objects littered on the bottom: old boat husks, a rusted shopping cart, a bicycle, and some cruddy 5-gallon buckets.

From Slate

Can you buy your own internet modem and return the cruddy one you’re paying $10 a month for?

From Los Angeles Times

As a result, both defenders of Trump’s unlawful retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and defenders of Clarence Thomas’ refusal to disclose lavish gifts now find themselves making cruddy, self-refuting arguments about how powerful people don’t have to follow the law.

From Slate

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

I am a 25-year-old living with my parents working two cruddy, low-paying retail jobs.

From Slate

Related Words

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