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shitty

  • /ˈʃɪti/ UK
  • /ˈʃɪti/ US
  • [ˈʃɪɾi] US

Rhymes with -ɪti

Where it comes from

From shit + -y. Cognate with German Low German schittig (“dirty, shitty”), German scheißig (“shitty”).

adjective shittier · shittiest

  1. slang, vulgar Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant. The television I bought there was so shitty that I will never shop there again.

    Similar: crappy, piss-poor, poopy, abysmal, atrocious, awful, bad, chronic, coarse, corny, crap, crapalicious

  2. US, not comparable, slang, vulgar Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.

    Similar: arseholed, shitfaced, baked, spaced-out, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, befuddled

  3. Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar Annoyed. Don't get shitty with me!

    Similar: pissy, vexed, annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, frustrated, irritable, irritated, irked

  4. literally, slang, vulgar Covered in feces; feculent.

    Similar: caked, crappy, poopy, shitstained

  5. derogatory, slang, vulgar Low-quality; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations. “She's a shitty teacher, but Ault was in a bind.” But she hadn't been a shitty teacher when she'd been hired. She'd never taught before. And who was Aspeth to decide she was shitty now? She was still inexperienced.

    Similar: crappy, craptacular, poopy, shit, shithouse, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum

noun shitties

  1. Australia, slang, vulgar The western striped grunter, Helotes octolineatus.
  2. slang, vulgar A doughnut, especially in snow.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, bad, stinking, stinky, crummy, sucky, goddamn, damn, stupid, pathetic, cruddy, awful, horrible

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adj very bad, miserable

Españolde mierda, mierdoso, merdoso, cagado, cagada
한국어좆같다 jotgatda
日本語くだらない kudaranai
Portuguêsde merda, merdoso, escroto
Françaismerdique, dégueulasse, de merde
Deutschbeschissen, Scheiß-
Italianomerdoso, di merda
Ελληνικάσκατένιος skaténios
Românăde căcat
Русскийсра́ный srányj, хуёвый xujóvyj, херо́вый xeróvyj, говённый govjónnyj, дерьмо́вый derʹmóvyj

adj covered in shit

Españolde mierda, mierdoso, merdoso, cagado, cagada
Portuguêscagado
Françaismerdeux, emmerdé

adj of low quality or standard

Españolde mierda, mierdoso, merdoso, cagado, cagada
Portuguêsde merda
Françaismerdique, - de merde
DeutschScheiß-, beschissen
Ελληνικάτου κώλου tou kólou, για πέταμα gia pétama
Românăde căcat
Русскийсра́ный srányj, хуёвый xujóvyj, херо́вый xeróvyj, говённый govjónnyj, дерьмо́вый derʹmóvyj, говня́ный govnjányj

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@misc{shitty_2026,
  title = {shitty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shitty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}