crummy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of crumby, mid 19th c.[1]
Adjective edit
crummy (comparative crummier, superlative crummiest)
- (informal) Bad; poor.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bad, Thesaurus:low-quality
- Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
- 2011, Randall E. Auxier, Douglas R. Anderson, Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy: Darkness on the Edge of Truth[1], Open Court, →ISBN, page 197:
- Whether it's a crummy hometown, a crummy job, or a crummy family, Bruce punctuates his songs with some oppressive tension. Early on in his work, oppression is nothing an open window, a fast car, a willing female, or a tank of gas couldn't fix.
- (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs.
- Synonym: crumby
- (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
Collocations edit
with nouns
- crummy job
- crummy weather
- crummy hotel
- crummy thing
- crummy town
- crummy life
- crummy movie
- crummy food
- crummy world
- crummy school
- crummy idea
- crummy person
Translations edit
bad, poor
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
crummy (plural crummies)
- (informal, British Columbia and Northwestern US) A small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite.
- A cow with a crumpled horn.
References edit
- ^ “crummy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.