lousy
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lousy
- /ˈlaʊ.zi/
Rhymes with -aʊzi
Where it comes from
From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.
adjective lousier · lousiest · lowsy · lowsie · lousey
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Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.
I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
Similar: disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid, vile, demonic
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Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
Similar: disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid, vile, demonic
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Dirty or untidy.
I cleaned the lousy garage.
Similar: disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid, vile, demonic
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Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
Similar: disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid, vile, demonic
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Unwell; under the weather.
I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.
Similar: bad, poorly, sick, ailing, crank, crook, green about the gills, icky, ill, indisposed, infirm, like death warmed over
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Infested with lice.
Similar: licey
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Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
The place was lousy with students.
Similar: riddled, -ridden, inundated, jam-packed, teeming
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: icky, awful, nasty, bad, crappy, shitty, dirty, rotten, unclean, soiled, filthy, stinking, stinky, vile, despicable, disgusting
Translations
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adj remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded
| Español | pésimo, penoso, malísimo, fatal, pulento, (estar) de madre |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 蹩脚 biéjiǎo |
| Português | péssimo, horrível, fuleiro |
| Français | pouilleux, minable, pourri, à chier, de merde |
| Deutsch | lausig |
| Italiano | schifoso |
| Русский | ни́зкий nízkij, подлый podlyj, отврати́тельный otvratítelʹnyj, ме́рзкий mérzkij, парши́вый paršívyj, фиговый figovyj |
| Tiếng Việt | ẩu, tệ |
| עברית | עלוב 'alúv |
adj Infested with lice
| Español | piojoso |
|---|---|
| Português | piolhoso, piolhento |
| Français | pouilleux |
| Deutsch | verlaust |
| Italiano | pidocchioso |
| Ελληνικά | ψειριάρης pseiriáris |
| Română | păduchios |
| Русский | вши́вый všívyj |
adj filled with
| Français | bourré |
|---|---|
| Română | plin |
| Русский | киша́щий kišáščij, напи́чканный napíčkannyj |
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title = {lousy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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