shitty

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈʃɪti/ (UK)
See all 3 pronunciations
/ˈʃɪti/ (UK) · /ˈʃɪti/ (US) · [ˈʃɪɾi] (US)

Definition of shitty

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (slang, vulgar)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.”
    “It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.”
    “Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids.”
    “The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.”
See all 6 definitions

adj

  1. (slang, vulgar)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.”
    “It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.”
    “Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids.”
    “The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.”
  2. (US, not-comparable, slang, vulgar)Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar)Annoyed.
    “Don't get shitty with me!”
  4. (literally, slang, vulgar)Covered in feces; feculent.
  5. (derogatory, slang, vulgar)Of a low-quality or standard; 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.”

noun

  1. (Australia, slang, vulgar)The western striped grunter, Helotes octolineatus.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

Anagrams of shitty

1 play · all valid Scrabble

Find your best play with shitty

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes shitty, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.