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cruddy

[ kruhd-ee ]
/ ˈkrʌd i /
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adjective, crud·di·er, crud·di·est. Slang.

covered, encrusted, or saturated with dirt, grease, or other objectionable substance; filthy: It gets the cruddiest work clothes clean.
worthless or useless; inferior in quality; lousy: a cruddy, broken-down car.
extremely disagreeable in character; nasty; contemptible; low-down: Keep your cruddy remarks to yourself.

RELATED WORDS

poor, dreadful, atrocious, cheap, unacceptable, sad, lousy, crummy, awful, rough, sleazy, tawdry, bad, dusty, murky, muddy, disheveled, unkempt, grimy, messy

Nearby words

crucify, crucis, cruciverbalist, cruck, crud, cruddy, crude, crude oil, crudely, cruden, crudites

Origin of cruddy

First recorded in 1945–50; crud + -y1
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Examples from the Web for cruddy

  • Fresh sweet milk curd and fresh butter are pressed together as in making Crowdie or Cruddy butter in Scotland.

    The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown

British Dictionary definitions for cruddy

cruddy

/ (ˈkrʌdɪ) /

adjective cruddier or cruddiest slang

dirty or unpleasant
of poor quality; contemptible
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