different between crummy vs cruddy

English

Etymology

Variant of crumby, mid 19th c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??mi/
• Rhymes: -?mi

Adjective

crummy (comparative crummier, superlative crummiest)

1. (informal) Bad; poor.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bad, Thesaurus:low-quality

   • 2011, Randall E. Auxier, Douglas R. Anderson, Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy: Darkness on the Edge of Truth, 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.

2. (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs.

   Synonym: crumby

3. (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "crummy" (bad, poor) is often applied: job, weather, hotel, thing, town, life, movie, food, world, school, idea, person.

Translations

Noun

crummy (plural crummies)

1. (informal, British Columbia and U.S. Pacific Northwest) A small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite.
2. A cow with a crumpled horn.

References

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Adjective

cruddy (comparative cruddier, superlative cruddiest)

1. (slang) Full of crud.
2. (slang) Crummy, lousy, worthless.

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

3. (slang) Annoying, irritating.

   Some children's cartoons sure have cruddy theme songs.

4. (obsolete) Coagulated.

See also

• crufty
• crusty