cruddy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʌdi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌdi

Adjective

cruddy (comparative cruddier, superlative cruddiest)

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.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29:

     His cruell wounds with cruddy blood congeal'd.

Derived terms

• cruddily
• cruddiness

 

See also

• crufty
• crusty