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crud

crud

1 7.9
A minor illness that makes you feel unwell, like a cold
  • noun
  • /krʌd/
  • Informal
translation icon : malestar
  • I've felt like crud for weeks now and I'm ready to feel better!
  • lung crud

Examples

  • Nice collection to refer to when the crud hits.

    Blog text (15)

  • Aw, crud.

    Blog text (17)

  • You fall into some crud or something?

    Black Sheep (1996)

  • You know, this kind of crud is what kept you out of the force for 25 years.

    New York Minute (2004)

  • All those years, he could have run with the cartel or been gunned down by them, or been zeroed out by drugs or lung crud.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I HAVE 2 MINUTES BEFORE THE REEBOK MEETING, AND IF I DON'T GET THESE COPIES MADE, MY WHOLE PROPOSAL TURNS TO CRUD.

    On the Line (2001)

  • I've felt like crud all week with this cold that's going around.

  • It's just a bit of crud that makes me feel tired and stuffy.

  • After catching that nasty crud, I couldn't concentrate on anything.

Synonyms

illness
vscrud
693 1.1

A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things

is an unspecified minor ailment often like a common cold
sickness
vscrud
103 1.0

A time when your body is not healthy

is usually a minor, unspecified ailment rather than a general health impairment

Antonyms

health
∞ 1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

wellness
52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

How Severe

flu
354 1.0
ailment
63 3.4
crud
  • Informal
1 7.9
cold
171 1.0

Surface Forms

crud singular
cruds plural

Etymology

Crud can mean a small illness because people pictured feeling full of sticky, unpleasant stuff. A helpful way to remember is that being cruddy feels 'low' and 'unwell', so crud is a mild, unpleasant sickness.