LOUSY (lousier, lousiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does lousy mean? • LOUSY (adjective)
The adjective LOUSY has 3 senses:
1. very bad
2. infested with lice
3. vile; despicable
Familiarity information: LOUSY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LOUSY (adjective)
Meaning:
Very bad
Synonyms:
stinking; shitty; rotten; lousy; icky; crappy; stinky
Context examples:
a lousy play / it's a stinking world
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Infested with lice
Context example:
burned their lousy clothes
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Meaning:
Vile; despicable
Synonyms:
filthy; dirty; lousy
Context examples:
a dirty (or lousy) trick / a filthy traitor
Similar:
awful; nasty (offensive or even (of persons) malicious)
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