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[ lou-zee ] / ˈlaʊ zi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lousy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, lous·i·er, lous·i·est.infested with lice. Informal. - mean or contemptible: That was a lousy thing to do.
- wretchedly bad; miserable: a lousy job; I feel lousy.
Idioms for lousylousy with, Slang. well supplied with or filled with, often to excess: Our city is lousy with bad drivers.I wish I were lousy with money like my boss.
Origin of lousyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, lousy is from the Middle English word lousi.See louse, -y1 SYNONYMS FOR lousy2a shabby, nasty, crummy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR lousy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM lousylous·i·ly, adverblous·i·ness, nounWords nearby lousyloury, louse, louser, louse up, lousewort, lousy, lousy with, lout, Louth, loutish, loutrophoros Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lousyTheir intentions may be good, but their execution and insight are lousy. Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thailand has had a lousy track record with functioning democracy for many decades. ‘The Hunger Games’ Stars Silent on Thai Protesters|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Peter Shumlin has been doing a lousy job and voters turned against him, even though he outspent his opponent five to one. What the Hell Happened in Vermont?!|Stuart Stevens|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not surprisingly, some around Barry Goldwater thought it was a lousy idea. Remembering Reagan’s Defining Speech|Stuart Stevens|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Getaway Car is lousy with these throwaway lines and asides. Donald E. Westlake, The Man With The Getaway Face|Malcolm Jones|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Come one, come all—all you moth-eaten, lousy stiffs from Stiffville. American Sketches|Charles Whibley Lousy stock cannot grow fat for the nourishment given is absorbed by the lice. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry|Pratt Food Co. Long as you're lousy with money, and making pretty flights, you're all right. I can still see dem soldiers of ours coming across Broad River, all dirty, filthy, and lousy. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration I wonder, said Epistemon to Panurge, what pleasure you can find in talking thus with this lousy tatterdemalion of a monk. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
British Dictionary definitions for lousy
adjective lousier or lousiestslang very mean or unpleasanta lousy thing to do slang inferior or badthis is a lousy film infested with lice (foll by with) slang - provided with an excessive amount (of)he's lousy with money
- full of or teeming with
Derived forms of lousylousily, adverblousiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lousypoor, shoddy, terrible, second-rate, rotten, horrible, awful, miserable, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, inferior, low, mean, outrageous |