English Explanatory Dictionary

shitty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
  2. Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
  3. Annoyed.
  4. Covered in feces; feculent.
  5. Of a low-quality or standard; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations.
noun
  1. The western striped grunter, Helotes octolineatus.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃɪti/ [ˈʃɪɾi] en-au-shitty.ogg

Word forms

shitty shittier shittiest shitties

Etymology

From shit + -y. Cognate with German Low German schittig (“dirty, shitty”), German scheißig (“shitty”).

Synonyms

crappy piss-poor poopy abysmal atrocious awful bad chronic coarse corny crap crapalicious crummy deityforsaken dire disagreeable dismal dogshit dreadful fifth-rate foul fourth-rate godawful hellish hideous hopeless horrendous horrid horrible horrific inadequate incompetent inelegant intolerable inferior lackluster loathsome lousy miserable naff negative odious ordinary pathetic peak rotten rubbish shitawful shitty sixth-rate sloppy subpar terrible unfavorable wack arseholed shitfaced baked spaced-out Adrian Quist

Related words

shit

Derived words

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick divershitty New York Shitty shitizen shittily shittiness shitty-ass Shitty Kitty shitty stick univershitty unshitty
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