Definition of lousy Lousy

/lawˈzi/ - [lawzee] - lous•y

We found 10 definitions of lousy from 5 different sources.

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What does lousy mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

lousy, lousier, lousiest

lousy - infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes"
  soiled, unclean, dirty having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
lousy - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
  icky, crappy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky
  bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
  colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
lousy - vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
  dirty, filthy
  nasty, awful exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • lousy (Adjective)
    Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
  • lousy (Adjective)
    Infested with lice.
  • lousy (Adjective)
    Filled or packed with something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • lousy (a.)
    Infested with lice.
  • lousy (a.)
    Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • lousy
    Of very poor quality.

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  • lousy, adjective.

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