lousy
lousy
Definition
lousy (lo̵u′zē)
adjective lous′i·er, lous′i·est
- infested with lice
- covered with specks: said of silk
- Slang dirty, disgusting, or contemptible
- ☆ Slang poor; inferior: a generalized epithet of disapproval
- ☆ Slang well supplied or oversupplied (with)
lous′i·ly adverb
lous′i·ness noun
lousy
Synonyms
lousy
modif.
lousy
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- pretty: Like me, Ellison is a pretty lousy science fiction writer.
- really: By the end of my four hour trick the weather was really lousy.
- so: The band was really tight by now and the songs weren't so lousy.
- absolutely: But not Big kind Bush, he likes war and is as we all know from experience is absolutely lousy at waging it.
- rather: If so they did a rather lousy job putting 'em back up after the war.
- damn: I never gave up hope but I did feel so damn lousy.
Modifies a noun
- T-shirt: Swapped ( K vom ) " my job went to india & all I got was this lousy t-shirt " .
- weather: In lousy weather you can decide how you feel about museums.
- shot: I don't really show much emotion, especially if I have a lousy shot.
- job: Your father, with all his experience, has just been killed for doing a lousy job.
- economy: This lousy economy away the stilled forms the payday might it does take.
- deal: It was a lousy deal for the American economy.
Used with adjective complement
lousy Quotes
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.
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. 860
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.
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