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poxy

poxy

1 9.1
Very poor quality and unpleasant to use
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɒksi/
  • Slang
translation icon : cutre
  • Told you it'd be a poxy waste of time.

Examples

  • Because there's no AA chapter in this poxy town.

    Ondine (2010)

  • Mr. Pambry is on the run from the Revenue, holed up in some poxy little tax haven island somewhere.

    Crow (2016)

  • This is just a poxy cave.

    The Descent (2005)

  • Four years and more on a poxy desert island... yet I can still crack a smile.

    Pirates (1986)

  • It always seems to be winter in this damn poxy place.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • That poxy Irish bastard!

    Borstal Boy (2001)

  • Poxy bastard.

    Ford v Ferrari (2019)

  • You no-good, poxy, bilious...

    Gunless (2010)

  • This book is just so poxy that I can't even read it.

  • After visiting that poxy restaurant, I don't want to eat out again.

Synonyms

cruddy
vspoxy
  • Informal
4 6.0

Dirty and not good quality

focuses on poor quality or worth rather than physical dirtiness
stinko
vspoxy
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Something that is very bad or poor quality

is used generally for poor things not only for events or performances
poopie
vspoxy
  • Informal
1 9.2

An informal word used to say something is bad or low quality

is less childish and more neutral though still negative in meaning
poopy
vspoxy
  • Baby Talk
1 8.8

Not as good as expected and a bit upsetting

is stronger and less childish in tone than that informal childish expression
ropy
vspoxy
  • UK
9.3

Of very poor quality and not good

is used more broadly beyond British informal speech
rubbishy
vspoxy
  • UK
7.0

Cheap and poorly made

is used more for items judged completely worthless rather than merely cheap
pure shitpiss
vspoxy
  • Offensive
9.9

A thing that is very bad and not worth having

is less crude and vulgar in everyday speech
dissatisfactory
vspoxy
6.5

Not as good as expected or needed

is more informal and harsher in tone than that formal word

Antonyms

excellent
∞ 1.0

Very good and better than most similar things

superior
203 4.2

Better in quality or performance than similar things

Compounds

poxy weather
  • UK
9.1

Unpleasant wet and cold weather that makes you feel miserable

How Bad

rotten
160 1.0
awful
∞ 1.0
lousy
  • Informal
562 4.1
poxy
  • Slang
1 9.1
substandard
27 4.4
poor
838 1.0

Surface Forms

poxy positive

Morphology

poxy = pox (semi-transparent) = pox + y

The adjective is formed from 'pox' + '-y' but the modern pejorative sense ('poor, unpleasant') is a metaphorical extension rather than a literal medical description.

Etymology

Poxy meaning 'very poor or unpleasant' is a helpful way to remember the word by thinking of pox as something bad and unwanted; comparing a thing to the disease makes it feel low quality or nasty.