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[ kruhm-ee ] / ˈkrʌm i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crummy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, crum·mi·er, crum·mi·est.Also crumby. Slang. - dirty and run-down; shabby; seedy: a crummy fleabag of a hotel.
- of little or no value; cheap; worthless: crummy furniture that falls apart after a month of use.
- wretchedly inadequate; miserable; lousy: They pay crummy salaries.
noun, plural crum·mies.Railroads Slang. a caboose. Origin of crummy11855–60; perhaps obsolete crum crooked (see crummie) + -y1; sense “caboose” of unclear derivation and perhaps a distinct word OTHER WORDS FROM crummycrum·mi·ly, adverbcrum·mi·ness, nounWords nearby crummycrumbum, crumby, crumhorn, crummie, Crummock Water, crummy, crump, crumpet, crumple, crumpled, crumple zones Definition for crummy (2 of 2)[ kruhm-ee, kroom-ee ] / ˈkrʌm i, ˈkrʊm i /
noun, plural crum·mies.Chiefly Scot.Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crummyAnd Steubenville was a prime example of our crummy attitude when it comes to bringing attackers to account. Jada, Steubenville, And How America Is Failing Our Teen Girls|Charlotte Lytton|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST CAP gets its impressive number with a crummy trick: omitting the increased costs of legalization. Immigration Amnesty: The Path to Poverty|David Frum|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST This process is exhausting for the poor phones, and more so for those phones with crummy transistors. The Best Gadgets at CES’s Eureka Park: Mind-Reading Software and More|Winston Ross|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST The translation might as well be: he was a crummy governor; why would he be a different president? Obama’s New Attack Ads Hit Mitt Romney’s Statehouse Record|Daniel Stone|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The neighborhood gains a new and improved store in place of Mr. Gonzalez's crummy bodega. Capital Gains: Answering Krugman and Bernstein|David Frum|January 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST You mean sitting in the sun on a crummy lakeside, watching the birds and bees? On the Trail of the Space Pirates|Carey Rockwell And Crummy—thats my outside man—kin handle the front and make the spiel, and take in what money comes in. Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb Gimme another glass of milk and another of these crummy sandwiches. Sabotage in Space|Carey Rockwell "For their sake I hope they pick something better than this crummy planet," Larkwell grunted. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton "I get it, all right, you crummy little chiseler," growled Astro. Sabotage in Space|Carey Rockwell
British Dictionary definitions for crummy (1 of 2)
adjective -mier or -miest slangof little value; inferior; contemptible unwell or depressedto feel crummy Word Origin for crummyC19: variant spelling of crumby British Dictionary definitions for crummy (2 of 2)
noun plural -miesCanadian a lorry that carries loggers to work from their camp Word Origin for crummyprobably originally meaning: makeshift camp, from crummy 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crummysecond-rate, miserable, rotten, shabby, cheap, contemptible, crappy, inferior, pathetic, poor, useless, worthless, grotty, third-rate |