pretty shitty
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈprɪti ˈʃɪti/
- Offensive
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mierdoso
- The service at the restaurant was pretty shitty, and we waited an hour for our food.
- pretty shitty thing
So I I felt pretty shitty about that.
- So I I felt pretty shitty about that.
- Because like jujitsu has the jacket, but the tie to me is a pretty shitty way to choke somebody.
- So these guys are these guys were monsters basically and they were on government salaries, which are pretty shitty.
- And then what you get is a pretty shitty looking, you know, cup.
- So but I do think deep platforming is pretty shitty because it's all we talk about is compassion.
- So for him then not to be there, it'd be he'd be pretty shitty because like, who are you doing it for then?
Examples
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I live in a pretty shitty area.
Blog text (20) -
Well, you got some pretty shitty friends.
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And then what you get is a pretty shitty looking, you know, cup.
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OK, so clearly my skin is pretty shitty right now.
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I mean, it was a pretty shitty thing to do.
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- In the last year, things have turned out pretty shitty.
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But I feel pretty shitty as per usual after flying.
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Yeah, I was feeling pretty shitty, so I just stayed home.
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Look, I admit, at the moment things feel pretty shitty.
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You're having a pretty shitty morning.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not good in quality or below the usual standard
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4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
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7.5
Very bad or of low quality
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9.9
Very bad or low quality, used to show strong dislike
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8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
Antonyms
How Bad
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compositional combination: 'pretty' functions as an intensifier modifying 'shitty', so the overall meaning 'quite/very bad' is directly derivable from the constituent words. The expression is slang/vulgar in register, but that does not affect its compositional transparency — a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Pretty shitty joins pretty, which means 'quite', with shitty, a rude word for 'very bad', creating a strong, unpleasant picture that helps you remember it means 'very poor' or 'disappointing'.