Crossword puzzle clue "people slang"

wretchedly shabby; of a poor quality

LOAD, to place goods or cargo on transportation, also LADE, LADEN, LAID, LOADEN

EGG, to incite

GINK, (slang) a fellow

HERB, a seed-bearing plant whose aerial parts do not persist above ground at the end of the growing season

HOTTIE, a hot-water bottle, a sexually attractive person, also HOTTY