shitty

Englisch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɪti

Adjective

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.
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 oder 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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick
• New York Shitty
• shittiness
• shitty-ass
• Shitty Kitty
• shitty stick
• unshitty

 

Related terms

• See shit

Translations

very bad, miserable

• Catalan: merdós (ca), de merda
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: aĉa (eo)
• Finnish: paska (fi)
• French: merdique (fr), dégueulasse (fr), de merde (fr)
• Galician: merdento
• German: beschissen (de), Scheiß- (de)
• Greek: σκατένιος (el) (skaténios)
• Italian: merdoso (it), di merda
• Japanese: くだらない (ja) (kudaranai)
• Korean: 좆같다 (jotgatda)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ræva (no)

• Persian: آشغال (fa) (âšğâl)
• Polish: gówniany (pl), chujowy (pl), zasrany (pl)
• Portuguese: de merda, merdoso (pt), escroto (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: de căcat
• Russian: сра́ный (ru) (srányj), хуёвый (ru) (xujóvyj), херо́вый (ru) (xeróvyj), говённый (ru) (govjónnyj), дерьмо́вый (ru) (derʹmóvyj)
• Scots: keechie
• Spanish: mierdoso, de mierda (es)
• Turkish: boktan (tr)
• Ukrainian: гівня́ний (hivnjányj), гімня́ний (himnjányj), лайно́вий (lajnóvyj), хуйо́вий (xujóvyj), сра́ний (srányj)

under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol — see drunk,‎ high

annoyed — see annoyed

covered in shit

• Finnish: paskainen (fi), paskassa
• Polish: zasrany (pl)
• Portuguese: cagado (pt)
• Turkish: boklu (tr)

of low quality or standard

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: schijt- (nl), stront- (nl)
• Esperanto: aĉa (eo), merda (eo)
• Finnish: paska (fi)
• French: merdique (fr), - de merde (fr)
• Galician: de merda, merdento
• German: Scheiß- (de), beschissen (de)
• Greek: του κώλου (tou kólou), για πέταμα (gia pétama)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ræva (no)

• Polish: gówniany (pl), chujowy (pl)
• Portuguese: de merda
• Romanian: de căcat (ro)
• Russian: сра́ный (ru) (srányj), хуёвый (ru) (xujóvyj), херо́вый (ru) (xeróvyj), говённый (ru) (govjónnyj), дерьмо́вый (ru) (derʹmóvyj), говня́ный (ru) (govnjányj)
• Turkish: boktan (tr)

Anagrams

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