Duff

Meaning of Duff

noun
  1. a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag.
    a currant duff

mid 19th century: northern English form of dough.

adjective
  1. of very poor quality.
    duff lyrics
noun
  1. decaying vegetable matter covering the ground under trees.
    generally the fires in this area burn the duff and underbrush and scorch a few trees

late 18th century (denoting something worthless): of unknown origin.

verb
  1. beat someone up.
    I'm going to go round to his house with a bunch of mates and duff him up
  2. steal and alter brands on (cattle).
    complaining to the police that his stock was being duffed
  3. mishit (a shot).
    he duffed the ball short of the green

early 19th century: of uncertain origin; duff3 (sense 2 and sense 3) are probably back-formations from duffer2 and duffer1.

noun
  1. a person's buttocks.
    I did not get where I am today by sitting on my duff

mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

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Hyphenation of Duff

Duff

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Duff is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Duff synonyms

Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:

bad

Meaning below the usual or required standard:

substandard

Meaning of a low or inferior standard or quality:

poor

Meaning of low standard or quality:

inferior

Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:

unsatisfactory

Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:

inadequate

Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:

unacceptable

Meaning insufficient or inadequate:

deficient

Meaning not perfect; faulty or incomplete:

imperfect

Meaning imperfect or faulty:

defective

Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:

faulty

Meaning badly made or done:

shoddy

Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:

amateurish

Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:

careless

Meaning failing to take proper care over something:

negligent

Meaning extremely disagreeable:

dreadful

Meaning very bad or unpleasant:

awful

Meaning extremely bad or serious:

terrible

Meaning causing moral revulsion:

abominable

Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:

frightful

Meaning of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant:

atrocious

Meaning shockingly unacceptable:

disgraceful

Meaning deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable:

deplorable

Meaning very bad or incompetent:

hopeless

Meaning having no real value or use:

worthless

Meaning so ludicrous as to be amusing:

laughable

Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:

lamentable

Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:

miserable

Meaning feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:

sorry

Meaning disgracefully bad or unpleasant:

diabolical

Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:

execrable, godawful

Meaning not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully:

incompetent

Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:

inept

Meaning having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge:

inexpert

Meaning not producing any significant or desired effect:

ineffectual

Meaning dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality:

crummy

Meaning very bad:

rotten

Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:

pathetic

Meaning not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome:

useless

Meaning very bad; deplorable:

woeful

Meaning of poor quality; bad or wrong:

bum

Meaning very poor or bad:

lousy

Meaning very bad; awful:

appalling

Meaning extremely bad; appalling:

abysmal

Meaning deserving or arousing pity:

pitiful

Meaning extremely serious or urgent:

dire

Meaning of a very poor quality:

chronic

Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:

rubbish

Meaning underpants or knickers:

pants

Meaning of poor quality:

ropy

Meaning of poor quality; worthless:

poxy

Meaning outstandingly bad; shocking:

egregious

Meaning extremely poor in quality:

crap

Meaning faeces:

shit

Meaning worthless or contemptible (used as a general term of abuse):

chickenshit

Duff antonyms

Meaning to be desired or approved of:

good

Words that rhyme with Duff

duff, Macduff, Killduff

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