tripeyadj.
/ˈtrʌɪpi/ colloquial.
Inferior, trashy, rubbishy, worthless.
ΘΚΠ
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 mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless
naughteOE
unworthc960
nought worthOE
unworthya1240
vaina1300
lewd1362
base?1510
to be nothing toc1520
stark naught1528
nothing worth1535
worthilessa1542
draffish1543
baggage1548
dunghill?1555
valureless1563
toyish1572
worthless1573
out (forth) of door (also doors)1574
leaden1577
riff-raff1577
drafty1582
fecklessc1586
dudgeon?1589
nought-worth1589
tenpenny1592
wanwordy?a1595
shotten herring1598
nugatory1603
unvalued1604
priceless1614
unvaluable1615
valuelessa1616
waste1616
trashya1620
draffy1624
stramineous1624
invaluable1640
roly-poly?1645
nugatorious1646
perquisquilian1647
niffling1649
lazy1671
wanworth1724
little wortha1754
flimsy1756
waff1788
null1790
nothingy1801
nothingly1802
twopenny-halfpenny1809
not worth a flaw1810
garbage1817
peanut1836
duffing1839
trash1843
no-account1845
no-count1851
punky1859
rummagy1872
junky1880
skilligalee1883
footle1894
punk1896
wherry-go-nimble1901
junk1908
rinky-dink1913
schlock1916
tripe1927
duff1938
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
expendable1942
(strictly) for the birds1943
tripey1955
schlocky1960
naff1964
dipshit1968
cack1978
1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 239 How you can tell them to paint in the same tripey way as me, I don't know.
1962 L. Davidson Rose of Tibet x. 177 ‘Don't you like any of our books?.. What do you think of this one?’ ‘It looks a bit tripy to me.’
1968 R. Jeffries Traitor's Crime iv. 49 It's a case of the more tripey, the more relaxation.
1971 ‘M. Underwood’ Trout in Milk xiv. 145 The jury'll never convict on the tripey evidence the prosecution have brought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1955- to worship the ground a person walks on
- to worship the ground treads on
- to worship the ground walks on
- to worulde a butan ende
- to worulde butan ende
- to wrap a person round one's finger
- to wrap a person round one's little finger
- to wrap around
- to wrap it up
- to wrap one's laughing gear around something
- to wrap oneself around
- to wrap oneself round
- to wrap round
- to wrap round one's finger
- to wrap round one's little finger
- to wrap up
- to wrap up one's talent in a napkin
- to wreak havoc
- to wrench free
- to wrest to the worst
- to wrestle a fall
- to wrestle a pull
- to wrestle down
- to wrestle off
- to wrestle out