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shitty | shittier |

In vulgar terms the difference between shitty and shittier

is that shitty is covered in crap (faeces/feces) while shittier is comparative of shitty.

As adjectives the difference between shitty and shittier

is that shitty is very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant while shittier is comparative of shitty.

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

    *

    shittier

    English

    Adjective

    (head) (comparative)
  • (vulgar) (shitty)
  • Anagrams

    *

    comparative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to comparison.
  • * Granvill
  • The comparative faculty.
  • Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
  • comparative anatomy
  • Approximated by comparison; relative.
  • * Whewell
  • The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
  • * Bentley
  • The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
  • (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.137:
  • And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered moreā€”his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative .

    Derived terms

    * comparatively * * comparativeness * comparativism * comparativist * comparativistic

    Noun

    (wikipedia comparative) (en noun)
  • (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more'' or appending ''-er''. For example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil .
  • (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
  • (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • Gerard ever was / His full comparative .
  • (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
  • * .67:
  • Every beardless vain comparative .

    See also

    * contrastive

    References

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