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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.
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.
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.
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.
Dirty, disgusting, or contemptible. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Sick or unwell. I feel really lousy. American Heritage. Poor; inferior. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Adjective Definitions (2) Synonyms: terrible. repulsive. poor. horrible. dirty. bad. awful. abominable.
Definition of lousy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Lousy definition: infested with lice.. See examples of LOUSY used in a sentence.
adjective. informal uk / ˈlaʊzi / us. Add to word list. very bad: lousy food / service. I felt lousy when I woke up this morning. (Definition of lousy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of lousy. in Chinese (Traditional) 糟糕的，差勁的, （表示覺得被侮辱了）糟糕的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 糟糕的，差劲的, （表示觉得被侮辱了）糟糕的…
1. If you describe something as lousy, you mean that it is of very bad quality or that you do not like it. [informal] [...] 2. If you describe someone as lousy, you mean that they are very bad at something they do. [informal] [...] 3. If you describe the number or amount of something as lousy, you mean it is smaller than you think it should be.
