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

Not just for the desperate hiker with tummy troubles, but for everyone else forced to endure a potentially crappy misstep. —New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024

There was a whole great story about Justin going down to Virginia Beach and working with [the Neptunes] and how crappy their studio was. —Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024

Or shoplifting, or bouncing not-huge checks, or even stealing a car if that car was really crappy and worth less than $950. —Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024

The worst part: This crappy energy lingers, sometimes for a couple of hours. —Julia Ries, SELF, 18 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above