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crummy
(redirected from crumminess)

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crum·my also crumb·y  (krm)
adj. crum·mi·er also crumb·i·er, crum·mi·est also crumb·i·est Slang
1. Miserable or wretched: a crummy situation in the family.
2. Shabby or cheap: a crummy little rowboat.

[Probably from crumb.]

crummy
Adjective
[-mier, -miest] Slang
1. of very bad quality: a crummy hotel
2. unwell: I felt really crummy [variant spelling of crumby]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.crummy - of very poor quality; flimsy
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
inferior - of low or inferior quality

crummy
adjective (Slang) second-rate, cheap, inferior, substandard, poor, pants (informal) miserable, rotten (informal) duff Brit. (informal) lousy (slang) shoddy, trashy, low-rent (informal), chiefly U.S. for the birds (informal) third-rate, contemptible, two-bit U.S., Canad. (slang) crappy (slang) rubbishy, poxy (slang) dime-a-dozen (informal) bodger or bodgie Austral. (slang) bush-league Austral., N.Z. (informal) tinhorn U.S. (slang) of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal)
Translations
crummy [ˈkrʌmɪ] adj (col) (= poor quality); pésimo, cutre (SP): (= unwell); fatal
crummy [ˈkrʌmɪ] adj (inf) → minable: (= unwell); mal fichu(e)patraque
crummy [ˈkrʌmɪ] (inf) adjmies
crummy [ˈkrʌmɪ] adj (col) (= cheap); di infima categoria: (= depressed); giù inv


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The crumminess of their performance technique is less satire (or Jack Smith-style countertechnique) than an additional coat of degradation to sweeten the mix.
Cruse isn't soft on Toland, and catches the crumminess of his behavior toward his girlfriend: "OK - I screwed up tonight, but in general I've really been feelin' like I was in love with you.
 
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