shitty
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈʃɪti/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈʃɪti/, [ˈʃɪɾi]
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.
    • 1988 November, Byron Coley, Underground, Spin, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4ffg2qNLJucC&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=%22shittier|shittiest%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=AM18gVBVrc&sig=h1SHYfHQ47W_wML8Wqo7XhLEwKs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SthEULS0BNHvmAWwzYCIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shittier|shittiest%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 101],
      It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.
    • 2006, Everett True, Nirvana: The True Story, 2009, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=H89kHhJR4-AC&pg=PT508&lpg=PT508&dq=%22shittier|shittiest%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=BvBTWSrcPv&sig=INwoicfh9MJ8kfWiJ1LNaW9G_fE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SthEULS0BNHvmAWwzYCIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shittier|shittiest%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.
    • 2011, Rik Leaf, Four Homeless Millionaires, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OsECnpJIDQEC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=%22shittier|shittiest%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=TxEi1986KR&sig=JJaQzmjwLY7Skv5Ba1lG6Hi9W1M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SthEULS0BNHvmAWwzYCIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shittier|shittiest%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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. (British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.
    Don't get shitty at me!
  4. (vulgar) Covered in crap (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.
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