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lousy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlaʊ.zi/
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Etymology

From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Unwanted and often unpleasant. ▸ Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.
   • I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
2. (colloquial) Unwanted and often unpleasant. ▸ Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
   • Must have been a lousy school. 2021 September 15, Unknown minister, Singapore Parliament debates on 15 September 2021:
   • No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
3. (colloquial) Unwanted and often unpleasant. ▸ Dirty or untidy.
   • I cleaned the lousy garage.
4. (colloquial) Unwanted and often unpleasant. ▸ Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
   • I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
5. (colloquial) Unwell; under the weather.
   • I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.
6. Infested with lice.
7. (colloquial, usually, with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
   • [I talked to] Annabeth about the Greek gods who hung out in New York and made her life difficult. Apparently North America was lousy with ancient gods. We had a full-blown infestation. 2016, Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor, page 6:
   • The place was lousy with students.
   • The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row. […] And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Certainly the Palace was lousy with it. Mack and the boys were charged. Jones was seen to leap from his chair only to do a quick tap dance and sit down again. 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:

Forms

Deriveds

lousiness · unlousy · lousily · lousy evil

Relateds

crabs · louse · crab louse · licey · pubic louse · cootie

Synonyms

puny · degraded · sickly · strident · distasteful · ailing · abhorrent · bum · cringing · gooey · shit · unsophisticated · obnoxious · harsh · crappy · sluttish · BTEC · grotty · unclean · grotty · inadequate · vile · sordid · repulsive · low · gro · subpar · rank · poorly · rough · insufficient · reprehensive · contemptible · below par · craptacular · sleazy · disagreeable · squalid · seamy · chintzy · crook · obnoxious · squalid · bad · hylical · mid · rinky-dink · crummy · disgusting · second-rate · sickly · cheap and nasty · sluttish · lousy · risible · scabrous · derisible · trashy · bum · gross · deridable · flimsy · disagreeable · foul · sickly · sick as a dog · cruddy · ropy · messy · obnoxious · paltry · cheap · horry · munted · offensive · miserable · disgraceful · sick · third-rate · teeming · befouled · drecky · cheesy · ludicrous · disagreeable · putrid · demonic · turbulent · disagreeable · choical · infirm · disreputable · scarce · rancid · nasty · bad · low-rent · punk · rancid · slazy · reptitious · sick · cheapshit · abhorrant · bum · uncommendable · ticky-tacky · disagreeable · cruddy · infernal · scald · obscene · sparse · naughty · coffee-and · gooey · rancid · bad · ridiculous · bottom-shelf · sordid · harsh · rubbish · crapperific · undesired · awanting · distasteful · crappo · deplorable · plebeian · repulsive · gooey · poor man's · abhorrent · low-grade · unpleasant · abhorrant · rank · fulsome · grim · threadbare · grotty · off one's feed · repugnant · hylic · execrable · ignominious · manky · offensive · blameworthy · schlocky · trash · sordid · cluttered · ugly · despisable · poorly · repugnant · lame · infernal · gro · loathsome · clarty · inglorious · wanty · dogwater · sad · strident · dedecorous · unpleasant · grubby · valetudinary · demonic · pissass · rancid · foul · valetudinarian · lousy · disgusting · sick as a parrot · sorry · grody · revolting · lousy · vile · bad · dismal · grim · unpleasant · demonic · pitiful · strident · fulsome · crank · worthless · obscene · bum · rank · gross · scanty · repulsive · ropy · horrid · distasteful · ree-raw · fourth-rate · unhealthy · jam-packed · mean-spirited · dishonorable · nasty · offensive · Pat and Mick · scabrous · disdainable · substandard · reprehensible · measly · lean · gross · mean · geason · besmirched · reptile · meager · fulsome · nauseous · riotous · gross · dirtsome · grody · grubby · sleazy · cruddy · lousy · strident · shoddy · scabrous · tumultuary · offensive · grody · slavish · gooey · yucky · mean · skimpy · sickening · sickening · slight · mean · poor · tenth-rate · base · ignoble · foul · beggarly · nasty · punk · harsh · repugnant · soiled · carrion · cheap · punk · low · scantling · paltry · harsh · abhorrant · loathsome · chaotic · abhorrant · scant · trashy · shitty · laughable · disgusting · bad · rank · obscene · grim · pathetic · icky · made in China · sickening · bum · nasty · weak · miserable · filthy · discreditable · under the weather · infernal · obscene · slimy · riddled · grotty · loathsome · inferior · queer · raunchy · maladive · mean · unpleasant · licey · scurvy · uncool · messy · vile · shit · dirty · fulsome · like death warmed over · vile · shabby · despicable · tempestuous · sickly · vulgar · sickish · bad · vile · unsufficient · green about the gills · tumultuous · munted · slim · craptastic · disorderly · low-quality · woeful · bad · god-awful · grody · exiguous · nauseous · wretched · on the Pat and Mick · tumid · abhorrent · unworthy · horrid · pound-shop · damnable · out of sorts · ill · repugnant · munted · mawkish · paltry · under par · deficient · scabbed · grotty · shoddy · disgusting · poor · horrid · loathsome · loathsome · groveling · outrageous · disagreeable · craptabulous · dirty · lank · wanting · pitiable · repulsive · deplorable · inundated · distasteful · nasty · horrid · unmentionable · gro · tin-pot · disagreeable · slender · sickening · obscene · pathetic · abhorrent · gro · mean · unwell · indisposed · abject · grim · icky · ass · wanting · foul · infernal · foul · undesired · unsatisfactory · dismal · garbage · disagreeable · roynish · revolting · lousy · demonic · munted · shameful · untidy · revolting · spare · nauseous · reptilian · shite · sickly · undesired · gash · revolting · loathsome · -ridden · scummy · undesired · one-star · scornworthy · wretched · base · unwashed · unwashed · obnoxious · sullied · scrubby · scabrous · crap · nauseous

Translations (80)

ru напи́чканный (filled with) · sh ušljiv (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · es malísimo (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fr à chier (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ru отстойный (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · pt piolhento (Infested with lice) · ca pollós (Infested with lice) · sc piduciosu (Infested with lice) · ru подлый (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · sv nedlusad (Infested with lice) · es piojoso (Infested with lice) · he עלוב (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · es pulento (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · sv värdelös (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · bg противен (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · cy lleuog (Infested with lice) · sv packad (filled with) · es fatal (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · de verlaust (Infested with lice) · de lausig (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · pt fuleiro (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ro păduchios (Infested with lice) · et alatu (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · sc peugosu (Infested with lice) · no elendig (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · pdt velust (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ro plin (filled with) · it pidocchioso (Infested with lice) · cs zavšivený (Infested with lice) · eo aĉa (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · rup piducljos (Infested with lice) · pt péssimo (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · gl piolloso (Infested with lice) · hu tetves (Infested with lice) · et närune (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · gl de merda (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ru парши́вый (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · pt piolhoso (Infested with lice) · ru ме́рзкий (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · oc pesolhós (Infested with lice) · es pésimo (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · lv utains (Infested with lice) · fr bourré (filled with) · sv lusig (Infested with lice) · ru вши́вый (Infested with lice) · sv urusel (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · sv full av (filled with) · it schifoso (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · pdt lusich (Infested with lice) · vi tệ (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · bg въшлясал (Infested with lice) · sv full med (filled with) · fr minable (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · sh ušljiv (Infested with lice) · es (estar) de madre (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ca horrible (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · gl piollento (Infested with lice) · el ψειριάρης (Infested with lice) · pl zawszony (Infested with lice) · sv botten (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fr pourri (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · pt horrível (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fi täinen (Infested with lice) · zdj -a uvunɗo (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fur pedoglôs (Infested with lice) · ru отврати́тельный (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ru фиговый (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · es penoso (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · gl piolloso (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ru киша́щий (filled with) · vi ẩu (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fi surkea (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fr pouilleux (Infested with lice) · ru скверный (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fr pouilleux (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · fr de merde (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · cmn 蹩脚 (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ca pèssim (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · ru ни́зкий (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) · tr bitli (Infested with lice)