shittier; shittiest
1
vulgar
: covered in or filled with feces
2
vulgar
: extremely bad: such as
a
: of very poor quality
a shitty apartment
They did a shitty job.
We thought, Here comes another shitty group with an even shittier name.—
Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
b
: extremely unpleasant
had a shitty day
working a shitty job
c
: suffering illness or distress
I woke up feeling really shitty. [=ill, sick, unwell]
She felt shitty [=guilty, regretful] about the way she'd treated them.
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The Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, included a shitty introduction.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Jan. 2026
And what this array of talents had gotten them was a shitty job in a town outside Munich in the second division of a mediocre German league.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Having now been back together with their shitty boyfriends for … a week?
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
She shouldn't be forced to have a shitty weekend to please people that purposely excluded her.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
The attempt at a borghetto, a small village, half Tuscany, half Puglia maybe, a borghetto with no soul and no genius loci, a shitty place, a borghetto di merda.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
There are other small joys, such as shitty weather.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
These people are shitty people.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Had a pretty shitty game the whole game.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Jan. 2026
And what this array of talents had gotten them was a shitty job in a town outside Munich in the second division of a mediocre German league.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Having now been back together with their shitty boyfriends for … a week?
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
She shouldn't be forced to have a shitty weekend to please people that purposely excluded her.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
The attempt at a borghetto, a small village, half Tuscany, half Puglia maybe, a borghetto with no soul and no genius loci, a shitty place, a borghetto di merda.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
There are other small joys, such as shitty weather.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
These people are shitty people.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Had a pretty shitty game the whole game.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Shitty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shitty. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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