lousy

UK /ˈlaʊ.zi/ US /ˈlaʊ.zi/

adj 5

Definitions

adj

Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

Dirty or untidy.

I cleaned the lousy garage.

Unwell; under the weather.

I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.

Underhanded; mean; contemptible.

I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.

Infested with lice.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, short

VERB + LOUSY

bit, cleaned, cooking, expect, expecting, feeling, got, hate

LOUSY + NOUN

camera, conversations, cook, dancer, day, diploma, driver, fisherman

PREP.

in, in

ADV.

always, really

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — very bad

adjective — vile

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

Wiktionary

I cleaned the lousy garage.

Wiktionary

I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.

Wiktionary

That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.

Tatoeba · #2294

I expect it's his lousy personality that drives off the ladies.

Tatoeba · #329015

Tom did a lousy job.

Tatoeba · #1026489

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, lousy is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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