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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.
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.
Lousy things are terrible. The lousy things in life are the ones you complain about: your lousy job, the lousy weather, and the lousy pizza you had for lunch. The slang word lousy is the perfect way to describe something particularly awful or rotten.
1. Inferior or worthless: a lousy play. 2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick. 3. Sick or unwell: I feel really lousy. 4. Infested with lice. 5. Slang Abundantly supplied: lousy with money. lous′i·ly adv. lous′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
lousy, adj. & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary. lousy adjective & adverb. Meaning & use. Expand. 1. 2. figurative. Dirty, filthy, obscene. Also as a general term… adjective. 1.a. 1377–. Full of lice, infested by lice. 1377. With an hode on his hed a lousi hatte aboue. W. Langland, Piers Plowman B. v. 195. 1486.
