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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
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 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 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Between lousy recruiting and lousier retention, the department has seen its force dwindle to the point that it remains 1,000 officers below its authorized strength. |
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