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; low-down
Keep your cruddy remarks to yourself
Word origin
[1945–50; crud + -y1]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, beeper, poison pill, spin-off, synchronized swimming-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly
Examples of 'cruddy' in a sentence
cruddy
Those cruddy bits of string and self-righteous charity wristbands can go, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The film has an elegantly structured, slow-burning build and an authentically cruddy aesthetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This is a fascinating portrait of a dreary, uncertain post-war world of drinking dens, cruddy hotels and hopes unfulfilled.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Like service in a restaurant or actors on a stage, you notice translation only when it's cruddy.