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- Dictionarylousy/ˈlaʊzi/
adjective
- 1. very poor or bad: informal "the service is usually lousy" Similar Opposite
- 2. infested with lice. Similar Opposite
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used to say that something is full of something, or has too much of it: The internet is lousy with this kind of stuff. See more. (Definition of lousy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
1. : infested (see infest sense 2) with lice. the ragged, lousy tribesmen. T. E. Lawrence. 2. a. : totally repulsive (see repulsive sense 3) : contemptible. a lousy way of getting even. b. : miserably poor or inferior. got lousy grades. c. : somewhat ill. felt lousy after dinner. d. : amply supplied : replete. lousy with money. 3.
The slang word lousy is the perfect way to describe something particularly awful or rotten. When you're sick, you feel lousy, and when someone is mean or rude, they treat you in a lousy way.
If you describe something as lousy, you mean that it is of very bad quality or that you do not like it. [informal] He blamed Fiona for a lousy weekend. At Billy's Cafe, the menu is limited and the food is lousy. It's lousy to be the new kid. [+ to-infinitive] Synonyms: inferior, bad, poor, terrible More Synonyms of lousy. 2. adjective.
Lousy definition: infested with lice.. See examples of LOUSY used in a sentence.
Definition of lousy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
• Feeling small and lousy, not knowing what to do; fit for nothing, not even to stick out your hand. • This country is lousy with them. lousy at/with • You're no business-woman, Mrs Sutherland, you're lousy at it.
