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lousy

[ lou-zee ]
/ ˈlaʊ zi /
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adjective, lous·i·er, lous·i·est.

infested with lice.
Informal.
  1. mean or contemptible: That was a lousy thing to do.
  2. wretchedly bad; miserable: a lousy job; I feel lousy.

RELATED WORDS

poor, shoddy, terrible, second-rate, rotten, horrible, awful, miserable, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, inferior, low, mean, outrageous

Nearby words

loury, louse, louse up, louser, lousewort, lousy, lousy with, lout, louth, loutish, loutrophoros

Idioms

    lousy 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 lousy

First recorded in 1350–1400, lousy is from the Middle English word lousi. See louse, -y1

Related forms

lous·i·ly, adverblous·i·ness, noun
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lousy

/ (ˈlaʊzɪ) /

adjective lousier or lousiest

slang very mean or unpleasanta lousy thing to do
slang inferior or badthis is a lousy film
infested with lice
(foll by with) slang
  1. provided with an excessive amount (of)he's lousy with money
  2. full of or teeming with

Derived Forms

lousily, adverblousiness, noun
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