like crap

phrase

informal + impolite
: very badly
I sing like crap.

Note: If someone feels like crap, he or she feels very sick, unhappy, etc.

I got drunk at the party, and the next morning I felt like crap.

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Past trauma and hurt are valid, but those aren’t excuses for treating you like crap. Jenna Ryu, SELF, 6 Dec. 2024 Even if the worrisome results of the Israel study are replicated by others, that would portend a widely circulating disease that makes people feel like crap for a week or two but in the vast majority of cases proves to be non-fatal. Damon Linker, The Week, 9 July 2021

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“Like crap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20crap. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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