crappy

adjective

crap·​py ˈkra-pē 

crappier; crappiest

informal

: markedly inferior in quality : not good or pleasant : lousy

crappy weather

drove a crappy old car

I woke up feeling crappy, so I took a sick day.

That was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.

Synonyms

• bad
• bargain-basement
• bum
• cheap
• cheapjack
• cheesy
• coarse
• common
• cut-rate
• el cheapo
• execrable
• gimcrack
• inferior
• junky
• lousy
• low-grade
• low-rent
• mediocre
• miserable
• poor
• rotten
• rubbishy
• schlock
• schlocky
• shlock
• shlocky
• second-rate
• shoddy
• sleazy
• terrible
• trashy
• trumpery
• wretched

Examples of crappy in a Sentence

I think that was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.

I felt crappy all day yesterday.

Recent Examples on the Web

Neo-Nazi rock bands freely passed out CDs of their crappy music at Angel Stadium during the 2000s and were still playing clandestine concerts at local bars last decade. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025

Go talk to Democrats in the legislature who have brought us this crappy project. —Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

How many tiny characters or micro-moments from the original Karate Kid and its mostly crappy sequels have been repurposed or expanded for this sequel series 40 years later? —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025

But the storyline to me on tonight is how the guys responded after a really crappy last 48 hours. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crappy

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• debris