Sixth-rate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sixth-rate is an adjective meaning (idiomatic, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than fifth-rate.
Meaning
(idiomatic, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than fifth-rate.
More Meanings
- (UK, military, nautical, historical) A sixth-rate warship.
- (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen.
Example Sentences
The Navy classified warships by their number of cannons, and with twenty-eight, she was a sixth-rate–the lowest rank.
Word Forms
- sixth-rates
Synonyms for sixth-rate
Depending on context, synonyms include dismal, horrible, rubbish, abysmal, atrocious, bad.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fifth-rate, fourth-rate, second-rate, third-rate, first-rate, heavy.
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