lous·y (lou z )adj. lous·i·er, lous·i·est 1. Infested with lice. 2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick. 3. Very painful or unpleasant: a lousy headache. 4. Inferior or worthless: a lousy play. 5. Slang Abundantly supplied: lousy with money. lous i·ly adv.lous i·ness n. |
lousy [ˈlaʊzɪ]
adj lousier, lousiest
1. Slang very mean or unpleasant a lousy thing to do
2. Slang inferior or bad this is a lousy film
3. infested with lice
4. (foll by with) Slang
a. provided with an excessive amount (of) he's lousy with money
b. full of or teeming with
lousily adv
lousiness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | lousy - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| 2. | lousy - infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes" dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" | |
| 3. | lousy - vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" |
lousy
adjective
1. (Slang) inferior, bad, poor, terrible, awful, no good, miserable, rotten (informal), duff, second-rate, shoddy, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), for the birds (informal), shitty (taboo slang), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. slang), slovenly, poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), bush-league (Austral. & N.Z. informal), not much cop (Brit. slang), tinhorn (U.S. slang), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal) The menu is limited and the food is lousy.
2. unwell, poorly (informal), ill, sick, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), seedy (informal), queasy, out of sorts (informal), off-colour, under the weather (informal) I wasn't actually sick but I was feeling lousy.
3. (Slang) mean, low, base, dirty, vicious, rotten (informal), vile, despicable, hateful, contemptible, shitty (taboo slang) This is just lousy, cheap, fraudulent behaviour from the government.
4. (Slang) (with with) well-supplied with, rolling in (slang), not short of, amply supplied with a hotel lousy with fleas
Translations
lousy [ˈlaʊzɪ] ADJ (lousier (compar) (lousiest (superl)))
1. (= louse-ridden) → piojoso
2. (= very bad) [climate, food] → asqueroso; [secretary, driver] → malísimo, pésimo
it was a lousy meal → fue una comida asquerosa
I'm a lousy player → juego fatal
all for a few lousy quid → todo por unas cochinas libras
we had a lousy time → lo pasamos fatal
what a lousy trick! → ¡qué cerdada!
I feel lousy → me siento fatal
it was a lousy meal → fue una comida asquerosa
I'm a lousy player → juego fatal
all for a few lousy quid → todo por unas cochinas libras
we had a lousy time → lo pasamos fatal
what a lousy trick! → ¡qué cerdada!
I feel lousy → me siento fatal
lousy [ˈlaʊzi] adj [idea, film, book] → nul(le); [food] → infect(e)
Why did my father make so many lousy movies? → Pourquoi mon père a-t-il tourné autant de films nuls?
The food in the canteen is lousy → La nourriture de la cantine est infecte.
I told them it was a lousy idea → Je leur ai dit que c'était nul comme idée.
I'm a lousy cook → Je suis nul en cuisine.
to feel lousy → être mal fichu(e)
to be lousy at sth → être nul(le) en qch
Why did my father make so many lousy movies? → Pourquoi mon père a-t-il tourné autant de films nuls?
The food in the canteen is lousy → La nourriture de la cantine est infecte.
I told them it was a lousy idea → Je leur ai dit que c'était nul comme idée.
I'm a lousy cook → Je suis nul en cuisine.
to feel lousy → être mal fichu(e)
to be lousy at sth → être nul(le) en qch
lousy
adj
→ verlaust; he is lousy with money (inf) → er ist stinkreich (inf); this place is lousy with cops (inf) → hier wimmelt es nur so von Polizei (inf)
(inf: = very bad) → mies (inf); trick etc → fies (inf); I’m lousy at arithmetic → in Mathe bin ich mies or miserabel (inf); he is lousy at (playing) golf or a lousy golfer → er spielt miserabel Golf (inf); you’ve done a lousy job → du hast saumäßig gearbeitet (sl); to have lousy luck → saumäßiges Pech haben (inf); to feel lousy → sich mies fühlen (inf); I feel lousy about it → mir ist gar nicht wohl bei dem Gedanken daran
lousy [ˈlaʊzɪ] adj (Med) → pidocchioso/a (fam) (very bad) → schifoso/a; (headache, cough) → orrendo/a
to feel lousy → stare da cani
she's a lousy cook → fa schifo come cuoca
a lousy trick → uno sporco trucco
lousy [ˈlaʊzɪ] adj (Med) → pidocchioso/a (fam) (very bad) → schifoso/a; (headache, cough) → orrendo/a
to feel lousy → stare da cani
she's a lousy cook → fa schifo come cuoca
a lousy trick → uno sporco trucco
to feel lousy → stare da cani
she's a lousy cook → fa schifo come cuoca
a lousy trick → uno sporco trucco
lousy [ˈlaʊzɪ] adj (Med) → pidocchioso/a (fam) (very bad) → schifoso/a; (headache, cough) → orrendo/a
to feel lousy → stare da cani
she's a lousy cook → fa schifo come cuoca
a lousy trick → uno sporco trucco
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