Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess
Crappy is a synonym for bad in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Crappy" instead an adjective "Bad", when it comes to topics like cheesy, poor quality. slang substitute
Crappy
Crappy adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: a crappy radio that immediately broke
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Not nearly as bad, but still a sterling example of how crappy fanfiction can get, is the Harry Potter tale called A Sad Story.
Source: So Bad Its Good / Fanfic - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Pod People: "Oh man, I dreamed I was a bad actress in a crappy horror movie... Oh."
Source: That Was Not A Dream -
Parodied earlier in the episode "Bowling Girls", which animates a scene of a character attacking another character with conspicuously bad CG that stands out because it's so crappy-looking.
Source: Conspicuous CG
Cite this Source
Crappy and Bad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/crappy
Bad & Crappy. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/crappy>.
Crappy or Bad. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/crappy.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "bad" and "crappy" have occurred on timeline