cruddy

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/ˈkɹʌdi/

adjective

Full of crud.

“Some children's cartoons sure have cruddy theme songs.”

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begrimeddirtymuckybefouledbesmirchedclartydirtsomefoul
OriginMiddle English cruddi →
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Meanings

adjectivecruddy (comparative cruddier, superlative cruddiest)

comparative cruddier · superlative cruddiest

  1. slangFull of crud.

    Synonyms: begrimed, dirty, mucky, befouled, besmirched, clarty, dirtsome, dirty

  2. slangCrummy, lousy, worthless.

    Because I didn't study for my test, I feel like I'm gonna make a pretty cruddy grade.

    Synonyms: low-grade, second-rate, two-bit, valueless, ass, bad, base, below par

  3. slangAnnoying, irritating.

    Some children's cartoons sure have cruddy theme songs.

    Synonyms: bothersome, irksome, vexatious, aggravating, aggy, annoying, wretched, displeasing

  4. obsoleteCoagulated.

    His cruell wounds with cruddy blood congeal'd.

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFull of crud.

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begrimeddirtymuckybefouledbesmirchedclartydirtsomedirtyfoulgrottygrubbyhorryickylousymankynastyseamysoiledsordid

adjectiveCrummy, lousy, worthless.

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low-gradesecond-ratetwo-bitvaluelessassbadbasebelow parbottom-shelfBTECbumcheapcheap and nastycheapshitcheesychintzycoffee-andcrapcrappocrappy

adjectiveAnnoying, irritating.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecharacterized by obscenity

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filthyfoulnastysmuttydirty
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcruddi
  2. Englishcruddy

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cruddy

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Cite this entry
APA

cruddy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruddy

MLA

“cruddy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruddy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cruddy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruddy.

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