Shitty vs Shoddy - What's the difference?
shitty | shoddy |
(vulgar, colloquial) Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
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(US, vulgar, slang, not comparable) Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
(British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.
(vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
Being of poor quality or construction
A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
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As adjectives the difference between shitty and shoddy
is that shitty is very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant while shoddy is being of poor quality or construction.As a noun shoddy is
a low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.shitty
English
Adjective
(er)- 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.
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- It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.
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- The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.
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- 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.
- Don't get shitty at me!
Synonyms
* crappy * poopyAnagrams
*shoddy
English
Adjective
(er)- Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Noun
- To fill contracts for hundreds of thousands of uniforms, textile manufacturers compressed the fibers of recycled woolen goods into a material called “shoddy ”.