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crumminess

crumminess

1 6.9
A poor, unpleasant quality in things like rooms or food
  • noun
  • Informal
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  • I can't stand the crumminess of this restaurant!

Examples

  • He was disappointed by the crumminess of the movie's special effects.

  • The crumminess of the old building was evident.

  • The crumminess of the old apartment made it hard to feel at home.

  • Despite the crumminess of the food, the restaurant was always busy.

  • The crumminess of the hotel room made our stay uncomfortable and disappointing.

  • She was fed up with the crumminess of the food served at the restaurant.

  • The team's performance this season was marked by the crumminess of their play and lack of enthusiasm.

Synonyms

badness
vscrumminess
4 3.4

The state of being unpleasant, harmful or wrong

is the same general negative quality focused on poor standards
shittiness
vscrumminess
  • Offensive
1 9.6

A very bad quality that makes something unpleasant

is the milder negative quality of low standard or unpleasantness
poorness
vscrumminess
1 5.3

A state of having low quality or too little of something

is broader applying to general poor or unpleasant quality
tackiness
vscrumminess
  • Informal
1 6.6

A quality of looking cheap and in bad taste

is about bad quality or unpleasantness rather than just poor taste
scumminess
vscrumminess
  • Offensive
8.6

A state of being dirty or bad in a moral way, for example a filthy place

is the general low quality or unpleasantness without moral emphasis
squalidness
vscrumminess
8.2

Very dirty and unpleasant places caused by poverty or lack of care

is a wider term for poor or low standard not only filth
sleaziness
vscrumminess
7.7

Being dirty and shabby in appearance because of old or untidy clothes

is the general low standard or unpleasantness beyond mere appearance

Antonyms

150 3.2

Very high quality or skill that makes one stand out

How Bad

crumminess
  • Informal
1 6.9
mediocrity
31 6.5
excellence
150 3.2

Surface Forms

crumminess singular
crumminesses plural

Morphology

crumminess = crummy (transparent) = crummy + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'crummy' indicating the quality or state of being crummy.

Etymology

Crumminess comes from the adjective crummy plus the ending -ness, which means 'state' or 'quality'. Crummy probably comes from the simple word crumb, giving an image of something small, broken or of little value, so crumminess means 'the quality of being poor or unpleasant'.