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| Main Entry: | shoddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, makeshift, mean, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy*, second-rate*, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, discreditable, junky, not up to snuff, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | crappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | cheap, inferior, lousy, shoddy, trashy, useless, worthless, junky, sub-par |
| Main Entry: | disgraceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, low |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unworthy, discreditable, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | exalted, honorable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | disreputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonorable, lowly |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, notorious, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile, discreditable, in bad, in low esteem, in the doghouse, no good, pitiable, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | decent, ethical, honorable, reputable, respected, principled |
| Main Entry: | grungy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty and unkempt |
| Synonyms: | dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, vile, wretched, cruddy, scummy, scuzzy, unwashed |
| Main Entry: | jerry-built |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flimsy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, defective, insubstantial, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky |
| Notes: | jerry-built means of inferior workmanship and materials, while jury-rigged means done or made using whatever is available |
| Main Entry: | lousy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad |
| Synonyms: | awful, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, horrible, inferior, low, mean, miserable, outrageous, poor, rotten, second-rate*, shoddy, slovenly, terrible, unpopular, unwelcome, vicious, vile, disliked, no good |
| Antonyms: | good, great, magnificent, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mangy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scruffy |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten*, poor, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy*, squalid, tattered, ragtag |
| Antonyms: | neat, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paltry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; worthless |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, despicable, ineffectual, insignificant, limited, low, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, puny, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, slight, small, sorry*, trashy, trifling, trivial, unimportant, vile, wretched, derisory, inconsiderable, low-down*, unconsequential |
| Antonyms: | important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ragged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
| Synonyms: | broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, poor, rent, rough, rugged, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, patched, poorly made, scraggy, shredded, tatty, unpressed, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | even, new, smooth, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second-rate/second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, cheap |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, hack*, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry, cheap and dirty, déclassé, low-grade, low-quality |
| Antonyms: | excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sleazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disreputable |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, common, dilapidated, flimsy, limp, low, mean, paltry, poor, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, squalid, tacky*, trashy, unsubstantial |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice, reputable, respectable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slipshod |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless; not well done |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, disheveled, faulty, fly-by-night*, haphazard, imperfect, inaccurate, inexact, loose, messy, neglected, negligent, raunchy, scruffy*, shabby*, shoddy*, slapdash*, sloppy, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, untidy, botched, fouled-up, junky, messed-up, screwed-up, scrubby, unmeticulous, unsystematic, unthorough |
| Antonyms: | careful, neat, polished, refined, well-done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squalid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, run-down |
| Synonyms: | abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dingy, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, gruesome, horrible, ignoble, impure, low, mean, moldy, muddy, musty, nasty, odorous, offensive, poverty-stricken, ramshackle, repellent, repulsive, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sordid, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile, wretched, horrid, miry, reeking, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, rich, kept-up |
| Main Entry: | substandard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | bad, base, below average, below par, cheap, inadequate, junk*, lemon*, lousy, poor, second-rate, shoddy, unacceptable, below standard, low-grade, subpar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, faded, frumpy*, gaudy, inelegant, mangy*, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky*, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar, down-at-heel, unstylish |
| Antonyms: | classy, expensive, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tattered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shredded |
| Synonyms: | broken, dilapidated, moth-eaten, rugged, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, poorly made, ripped, scraggy, torn to pieces |
| Main Entry: | trashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, barren, bogus, cheap, cheesy, crappy*, crummy*, despicable, empty, flimsy, garbage, good-for-nothing*, grungy, inferior, lousy, ratty, raunchy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry, useless, valueless, cruddy, junky, low in quality, no-good |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | two-bit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, worth very little |
| Synonyms: | base, cheesy, crappy*, garbage, gaudy, inferior, lousy, piddling, poor, ratty, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, trashy, valueless, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, junky, no good, rinky-dink, tatty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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