cruddy

adjective

1
as in lame
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust her cruddy treatment of her now-destitute parents, who had put her through medical school

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2
as in filthy
not clean the refrigerator's cruddy shelves were a sign that the interior had never been cleaned

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Recent Examples of cruddy But hey, YouTube and a cruddy degradation stream can rock too. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 July 2026 Late October quickly bled into the holidays, which bled into the cold and cruddy winter days when everyone is sick and using every ounce of energy just to get by. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 Instead, this dude came out of nowhere, from way above our sort of zone, and just swooped down, nosedived into our cruddy ass movie and saved us, and said yes. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruddy
  1. lame
  2. filthy
  3. cheap
  4. dusty
  5. pitiful
  6. stained
  7. dirty
  8. muddy
Adjective
  • The lame-duck Senate has 22 legislative days scheduled before the new Congress is sworn in.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Trump was trounced, the country triumphed, and the long national nightmare is over, but for the rest of his lame-duck presidency.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of lame
Adjective
  • Los Angeles also struggles with an ongoing homelessness crisis — filthy encampments and rows of rusting RVs are a common sight in many neighborhoods.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • All my women friends, just thinking filthy thoughts about you.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • For context, the 27-inch ELF-SR2 sells for around ¥550,000 in Japan, so this is a dramatically cheaper way into Sony's 3D ecosystem, landing in the same ballpark as the $299 Looking Glass Go.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This year’s conflict has shown the relative ease with which cheap drones can slip past some of the world’s most expensive air defense systems and hit pipelines, ports, and ships.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of cheap
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  • One tier down from Dithaba (both fiscally and geographically), Kapano is a few minutes’ walk down a dusty hill and follows a similar format, with four generous-sized rooms veering off the communal pool, bar, and alfresco deck dining area.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • From dusty heating vents to cluttered coat closets, these are the spots professional cleaners say deserve your attention now.
    — Brigitt Earley, Martha Stewart, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of dusty
Adjective
  • Nvidia is the pitiful, helpless giant, now revealed, according to the bears, to have just propped up an ecosystem for its own earnings, with a CEO now revealed to be a dubious character.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Yet Scudder, a progressive thirty-six-year-old real-estate analyst raised by lesbians on a purple-hull-pea farm in East Texas, assumed the post in 2025, and has been in a rush to reverse his party’s pitiful showings.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of pitiful
Adjective
  • The stained glass had to first endure more destruction before its metamorphosis.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Luckily the damage appears to be mostly cosmetic, and the beautiful balustrades, stained glass, and mahogany built-ins have survived the makeover unscathed.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stained
Adjective
  • Floor around the fryers, floor under and around the drive thru drink station and floor under and around stationary equipment is visibly dirty.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Using the same sponge for every surface and spill could be making your kitchen dirtier every time.
    — Sarah Everett, The Spruce, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • The rounded, slip-on shoes once reserved for muddy flower beds now appear on city streets, in boutique windows and on fashion runways.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • This keeps the pimento from appearing muddy against the green.
    — Christina Middleton, Allure, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of muddy

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“Cruddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruddy. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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