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Shitty vs Crappy - What's the difference?

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Crappy is a synonym of shitty.



As adjectives the difference between shitty and crappy

is that shitty is very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant while crappy is of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.

shitty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (vulgar, colloquial) Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
    • The television I bought there was so shitty that I will never shop there again.
    I'm feeling shitty today; I don't want to go out.
  • * 1988 November, Byron Coley, Underground'', '' , page 101,
    • It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.
  • * 2006 , , Nirvana: The True Story , 2009, unnumbered page,
    • The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.
  • * 2011 , Rik Leaf, Four Homeless Millionaires , page 134,
    • Halfway there we turned off the highway onto possibly the shittiest gravel road I have ever driven. In Canada, we would call it washboard; in Australia they call it corrugated, but you get the point.
  • (US, vulgar, slang, not comparable) Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
  • (British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.
    • Don't get shitty at me!
  • (vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).

    • Synonyms

    * crappy * poopy

    Anagrams

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    crappy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
    • That is such a crappy car.
    The referee just made a really crappy call.
    ''The food there used to be good but now it's crappy .
  • Bad, sick, or depressed.
    • I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
    • Put the crappy diapers in the blue pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

    Alternative forms

    * crap (chiefly, UK)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "crappy" is often applied: job, day, weather, thing, food, movie, apartment, life, service, mood, hotel, car, phone, town, product, attitude, software, household goods.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in crap) shitty, poopy * (of very poor quality) shitty, lousy, tatty