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lousy (lo̵u′zē)

adjective lousier lous′i·er, lousiest lous′i·est

  1. infested with lice
  2. covered with specks: said of silk
  3. Slang dirty, disgusting, or contemptible
  4. ☆ Slang poor; inferior: a generalized epithet of disapproval
  5. ☆ Slang well supplied or oversupplied (with)

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lousy Synonyms

lousy

modif.

  1. Infested with lice

    lice-ridden, lice-infested, pediculous, pediculate, pedicular, hemipteroid, with lice; see also infested 2.

  2. *Bad

    horrible, miserable, disliked, unwelcome; see faulty, harmful, poor 2, unpopular.


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lousy Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • pretty: Like me, Ellison is a pretty lousy science fiction writer.

Modifies a noun

  • T-shirt: Swapped ( K vom ) " my job went to india & all I got was this lousy t-shirt " .

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: I was feeling lousy to the point where I didn't want to get up in the mornings.
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lousy quotes

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably wantto know iswhere Iwasborn, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind ofcrap, but Idon't feel likegoing into it.

-Salinger,J(erome) D(avid)

He looked like the kind of guy that wouldn't talk to you much unless he wanted something off you. He had a lousy personality.

-Salinger,J(erome) D(avid)

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. 860

-Thurber,James Grover

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