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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)
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. : 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.
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.
1. slang very mean or unpleasant: a lousy thing to do. 2. slang inferior or bad: this is a lousy film. 3. infested with lice. 4. ( foll by with) slang. a. provided with an excessive amount (of): he's lousy with money. b. full of or teeming with.
lousy. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lou‧sy /ˈlaʊzi/ adjective (comparative lousier, superlative lousiest) 1 especially spoken of very bad quality SYN awful, terrible What lousy weather! The food was lousy. a lousy film see thesaurus at bad 2 → feel lousy 3 spoken not very good at doing something SYN hopeless, terrible ...
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…
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.
