shitty
UK/ˈʃɪti/US/ˈʃɪti/
shitty adjective: very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
Adjective
shitty (comparative shittier, superlative shittiest)
- 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.
- Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
- Annoyed.
- Don't get shitty with me!
- Synonyms:
- pissy, vexed, annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, frustrated, irritable
- Covered in feces; feculent.
- Synonyms:
- caked, crappy, poopy, shitstained
- Low-quality; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations.
- “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.2005, Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep: A Novel, page 157
- Synonyms:
- crappy, craptacular, poopy, shit, shithouse, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf
Noun
shitty (plural shitties)
- The western striped grunter, Helotes octolineatus.
shitty meaning in Marathi, Kannada and Persian
shitty in Marathi
- शिट्टी
shitty in Kannada
- ಶಿಟ್ಟಿ
shitty in Persian
- very bad, miserable
- آشغال âšġâl
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Forms of shitty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | shittier |
| superlative | shittiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | shitties |
Origin of shitty
From shit + -y. Cognate with German Low German schittig (“dirty, shitty”), German scheißig (“shitty”).
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Questions about shitty
- What does shitty mean?
- Shitty means very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
- What is shitty in Marathi?
- Shitty in Marathi is शिट्टी. See Shitty meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is shitty?
- Shitty can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shitty?
- Shitty is pronounced /ˈʃɪti/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shitty (page history and authors); shitty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shitty (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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