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crummy

 
Dictionary: crum·my  crumb·y (krŭm'ē) pronunciation
 
also adj. Slang., -mi·er also -i·er, -mi·est -i·est.
  1. Miserable or wretched: a crummy situation in the family.
  2. Shabby or cheap: a crummy little rowboat.

[Probably from CRUMB.]


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Thesaurus: crummy
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also crumby

adjective

    Of decidedly inferior quality: base, cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy. Informal cheesy. Slang schlocky. See good/bad.

 
WordNet: crummy
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) of very poor quality
  Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, punk, sleazy, tinny


 
Translations: Crummy
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - snavset, ussel, skør
n. - [sl] kabys, passagervogn i godstog

Nederlands (Dutch)
vies, waardeloos, kruimelig

Français (French)
adj. - minable, (US) patraque
n. - minable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mies
n. - Kuh (mit krummen Hörnern)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (παν)άθλιος, παρακατιανός

Italiano (Italian)
scadente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - escangalhado, sujo (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
убогий, жалкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ínfimo, de mala muerte, ruin
n. - vagón de cola

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - urkass (sl.), sjabbig (sl.), tät (sl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
肮脏的, 微不足道的, 破旧的, 低劣的, 很差的, 寒酸的, 低劣

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肮髒的, 微不足道的, 破舊的, 低劣的, 很差的, 寒酸的
n. - 低劣

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 살찐, 초라한, 값싼
n. - 승무원차

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 悪く, 意気消沈して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذو نوعيه رديئه جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גרוע, רע, דל, נחות‬
n. - ‮קרון-עובדים ברכבת-משא‬


 
 
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