crumbyadj.
/ˈkrʌmi/, U.S. /ˈkrəmi/ 1. Of the nature of crumb: see crummy adj. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [adjective] > crumb of loaf
crummy1579
crumby1767
breadcrumby1880
1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 134 [Bread fruit] when gathered green, and roasted..has its inside soft, tender, white, and crumby, like bread.
2. Full of crumbs; strewed with crumbs.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > crumby
crumby1731
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Crummy.
1739 H. Walpole Let. to R. West 20 July Round a littered table, in a crumby room.
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls x. 153 Table-cloths left..dragging and crumby.
3. slang. (Frequently crummy.) Lousy; filthy, dirty, untidy; inferior, shoddy, distasteful.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]
evil971
lowc1175
poor?c1225
feeblec1275
vilea1300
petty1372
unthende1377
secondary1386
petitc1390
unmeeta1393
illa1400
commonc1400
coarse1424
indigent1426
unlikelyc1450
lesser1464
gross1474
naughty1526
inferior1531
reprobate?1545
slender1577
unlikely1578
puny1579
under1580
wooden1592
sordid1596
puisne1598
provant1601
subministrant1604
inferious1607
sublunary1624
indifferent1638
undermatched1642
unworthy1646
underly1648
turncoated1650
female1652
undergraduate1655
farandinical1675
baddishc1736
ungenerous1745
understrapping1762
tinnified1794
demi-semi1805
shabby1805
dicky1819
poor white1821
tin-pot1838
deterior1848
substandard1850
crumby1859
cheesy1863
po'1866
not-quite1867
rocky1873
mouldy1876
low-grade1878
sketchy1878
midget1879
junky1880
ullaged1892
abysmal1904
bodgie1905
junk1908
crap1936
ropy1941
bodger1945
two-star1951
tripey1955
manky1958
schlocky1960
cack1978
wank1991
bowf1994
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean
ungoderlyc1400
sluttish?1529
squalid1596
scrubbing1603
sordid1611
snotty1681
frowzy1710
grub1719
seedy1725
unkempt1838
grubby1844
crumby1859
ratty1867
scruffy1871
scrutty1914
scummy1932
ribby1936
raunchy1937
sleazy1941
scroungy1948
manky1958
skanky1963
grungy1965
scungy1966
scuzzy1969
scrungy1974
skeevy1976
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with lice or nits
lousy1377
pediculara1538
pediculousc1540
nitty1570
nittical1608
crumby1859
cooty1915
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > of form of Anoplura > of order Siphunculata > full of or infested with lice
lousy1377
pediculara1538
pediculousc1540
crumby1859
1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 27 Crummy-doss, a lousy or filthy bed.
1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 283/2 Crummy (army), dirty; applied amongst soldiers to a man's appearance.
1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 73 ‘It's a crummy place...’ They crawled out, brushed one another clean.
1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 58 Crummy, verminous; undesirable; inferior or cheap.
1932 J. Dos Passos 1919 3 Feeling crummy in the baggy civies, he walked slowly.
1949 H. E. Bates Jacaranda Tree vii. 66 The whole thing's a bit crummy.
1956 R. Fuller Image of Society vi. 156 The place soon got to look crumby.
1958 Spectator 30 May 705/2 A crumby seducer.
1958 Spectator 30 May 705/2 Crumby phoneyness.
1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games viii. 237 The game has been taken up by the physical training instructors under such crummy names as ‘Poison Circle Tag’.
Derivatives
ˈcrumbiness n. (also crumminess)
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun]
poornessa1382
povertya1387
bada1425
lessness?a1425
worsenessa1425
nethertyc1443
minority1533
badness1539
lesserness1540
evilness1547
meanness1556
punyship1581
inferiority1599
under1600
worserness1602
inferiorness1674
deteriority1692
baddishness1824
shoddiness1886
crumbiness1949
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness
squalor1621
sorditude1623
sordidness1656
squalidity1668
squalidness1727
frowziness1729
sordor1823
seediness1832
fluffiness1860
grubbiness1866
crumbiness1949
raunch1952
scruffiness1974
grunginess1978
scuzziness1980
grottiness1984
1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Nov. 27/2 The authentic crumminess of the downtown settings.
1958 Spectator 30 May 705/2 There is nowhere free from crumbiness and sex.
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