CRUMMINESS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

crumminess

noun

as in badness

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Noun

On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.

— Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of badness

Noun

Iran’s conventional military power could not match that of Israel or the United States, but Tehran had spent decades building the ability to compensate for its conventional inferiority by creating military capacity outside its territory.

— NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
Your instinct might be to see it as proof of your inferiority.

— Marisa G. Franco, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of inferiority

Noun

He is simultaneously convinced of his own worthlessness and angry with the world for failing to recognize his unlimited potential.

— Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
Johnson said depression often manifests as persistent negative self-perception, hopelessness, feelings of worthlessness and social withdrawal.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of worthlessness

Noun

Attacks aimed at Democrat Abdul El-Sayed have brought back painful memories for some in a contest that has raised questions about the acceptability of Islamophobia in politics.

— Laura Beveridge, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026
Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

Definition of acceptability

Noun

The court allowed friend-of-the-court briefs to be filed over the adequacy of the consent decree.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
Public reporting has raised concerns about system stability, new workflows, call handling and callback functionality, delayed information, and the adequacy of hands-on training.

— Sara Machi, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

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