poxy
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9.1
- adjective
- /ˈpɒksi/
- Slang
- Told you it'd be a poxy waste of time.
Examples
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Because there's no AA chapter in this poxy town.
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Mr. Pambry is on the run from the Revenue, holed up in some poxy little tax haven island somewhere.
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This is just a poxy cave.
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Four years and more on a poxy desert island... yet I can still crack a smile.
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It always seems to be winter in this damn poxy place.
Fiction book (1990) -
That poxy Irish bastard!
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Poxy bastard.
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You no-good, poxy, bilious...
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This book is just so poxy that I can't even read it.
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After visiting that poxy restaurant, I don't want to eat out again.
Synonyms
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8.8
Not as good as expected and a bit upsetting
5
6.0
Dirty and not good quality
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9.2
An informal word used to say something is bad or low quality
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9.9
Something that is very bad or poor quality
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6.5
Not as good as expected or needed
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7.0
Cheap and poorly made
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9.3
Of very poor quality and not good
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
Antonyms
Compounds
How Bad
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1.0
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- Informal
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4.1
- Slang
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9.1
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4.4
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Surface Forms
Morphology
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.