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

The researchers tested this, and found that non-jumping takeoffs were crappy. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2024

Whether your early menopause is temporary or lifelong, the situation is still pretty crappy. —Katie Camero, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024

Unfortunately, Netflix’s image also took a major hit because of how crappy the viewing experience was for so many customers. —Josef Adalian, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024

Half the guys want to sleep, and Walz would stand up there and just scream and yell and point at this crappy old film on an old cinder block wall, trying to teach a 15-year-old kid how to play football. —Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above