shitty

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪti/, [ˈʃɪɾi]

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• Rhymes: -ɪti

shitty (comparative shittier, superlative shittiest)

1. (vulgar, colloquial) Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.

   The television I bought there was so shitty that I will never shop there again.

   I'm feeling shitty today; I don't want to go out.

   • 1988 November, Byron Coley, “Underground”, in Spin‎, page 101:

     It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 128:

     Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids.

   • 2006, Everett True, Nirvana: The True Story‎, published 2009:

     The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.

   • 2011, Rik Leaf, Four Homeless Millionaires‎, page 134:

     Halfway there we turned off the highway onto possibly the shittiest gravel road I have ever driven. In Canada, we would call it washboard; in Australia they call it corrugated, but you get the point.

2. (US, vulgar, slang, not comparable) Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.

   Don't get shitty with me!

4. (vulgar) Covered in faeces/feces; feculent.
5. (informal, vulgar) Of low quality or standard; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations
   • 2005, Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep: A Novel, page 157:

     “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.

• (all senses): crappy (less intense), poopy (childish)
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
• (high): See Thesaurus:stoned
• (poor quality): shithouse (UK, AU, & NZ)

• See shit

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