lousy

lous·y

 (lou′zē)

adj. lous·i·er, lous·i·est

1. Inferior or worthless: a lousy play.

2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick.

3. Sick or unwell: I feel really lousy.

4. Infested with lice.

5. Slang Abundantly supplied: lousy with money.

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lous′i·ly adv.

lous′i·ness n.

lousy

(ˈlaʊzɪ)

adj, lousier or 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

ˈlousily adv

ˈlousiness n

lous•y

(ˈlaʊ zi)

adj. lous•i•er, lous•i•est.

1. infested with lice.

2. Informal.

a. mean; contemptible: That was a lousy thing to do.

b. wretchedly bad; miserable: a lousy job of repainting.

Idioms:

lousy with, Slang. well supplied with: lousy with money.

[1350–1400]

lous′i•ly, adv.

lous′i•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	lousy - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" crappy, icky, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky 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" filthy, dirty nasty, awful - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

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

lousy

adjective

1. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:

abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, low, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched.

2. Of decidedly inferior quality:

base, cheap, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy.

Informal: cheesy.

Slang: crummy, schlocky.

Translations

تافِهسَيِءٌسَيِّئ، فَظيعمُقَمِّل

mizernýzavšivený

elendighave lus

miserabelverlaustunsinnigbelämmertlausig

άθλιοςάχρηστος

pésimo

kurjasurkea

abjectdégoutantdégoûtantinfectméprisable

bezvezanodvratan

tetves

hræîilegur, lélegurlúsugur

pidocchiososchifosodisgustosolaidopessimo

だめな卑劣な

비열한하찮은

waardeloos

dårliglusettåpelig

bzdurnywstrętny

de má qualidaderuimsem qualidade

дряннойотвратительныйвшивый

prata strunturusel

ที่ไร้สาระน่ารังเกียจ

berbatbitli

tồi tệvớ vẩn

糟糕的垃圾的多虱的

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

3. to be lousy with money (= rich) → estar forrado, estar podrido de dinero

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

(inf: = meagre) offer → lausig (inf), → mies (inf); a lousy £3 → popelige or lausige drei Pfund (inf)

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

louse¹

(laus) – plural lice (lais) – noun

a type of wingless, blood-sucking insect, sometimes found on the bodies of animals and people. luis قَمْلَه въшка piolho veš die Laus lus ψείραpiojo täi شته؛ شپش täi pouxכינה जू uš tetű kutu lús pidocchio しらみ 진딧물 utėlė uts kutu luisluswesz سپږه،شپګه piolho pă­­­du­che вошь voš uš vaška lus แมลงเล็ก ๆ ที่อยู่บนคนและัตว์ bit 蝨子 оша سر کے بالں اور جلد میں پڑنے والی جوں rận; chấy 虱子

lousy (ˈlauzi) adjective

1. having lice. vol luise مُقَمِّل въшлив piolhento zavšivený verlaust have lus ψειριασμένος piojoso täitanud شپش زده täinen pouilleux בַּעַל כִּינִים बहुत खराब ušljiv tetves berkutu lúsugur pidocchioso しらみがたかった 이투성이의 utėlėtas utains berkutu vol luizenluset zawszony سپږى لرونكى piolhoso pădu­chios вшивый zavšivavený ušiv vašljiv lusig, full med löss มีเหา bitli 長蝨的 вошивий جوئیں پڑنا có rận 多虱的

2. really terrible. I'm a lousy cook. beroerd سَيِّئ، فَظيع отвратителен horrível mizerný miserabel elendig φρικτός, άθλιοςhorrible vilets خیلی بد kurja minableגרוע यूकापूर्ण loš pocsék buruk sekali hræðilegur, lélegur pessimo ひどい 불결한 prastas, netikęs, pasigailėtinas draņķīgs; nožēlojams teruk beroerdelendignędzny, okropny, marny ډير بد horrível groaznic отвратительный mizerný grozen užasan urdå- แย่ berbat 糟糕的 паршивий بہت برا rất kinh khủng 糟糕的

ˈlousiness noun

gemeenheid, luisigheid سوء، تَقْميل отврат ruindade zavšivenost die Lausigkeit elendighed αθλιότηταruindad viletsus, närusus شپش زدگی kurjuus état pouilleux כִּנֶמֶת जूं से भरा होन कि स्थिति या दशा, घिनौनापन, घृणास्पदता u piszkosság, tetvesség, ocsmányság keburukan að vera lúsugur l'essere pidocchioso 不潔さ 이투성이임 bjaurumas, šlykštumas draņķīgums keterukan het vol luizen zitten, beroerdheid elendighet zawszenie, nędza سپږى لرل ruindade caracter groaznic вшивость; гнусность zavšivavenosť ušivost užasnost lusighet, uruselhet ความแย่ bitlilik; berbatlık 糟糕 вошивість پھوہڑپن sự có rận 糟糕

lousy

→ تافِه, سَيِءٌ mizerný elendig miserabel, unsinnig άθλιος, άχρηστος pésimo kurja, surkea infect, nul bezvezan, odvratan pessimo, schifoso だめな, 卑劣な 비열한, 하찮은 waardeloos dårlig, tåpelig bzdurny, wstrętny de má qualidade, ruim, sem qualidade дрянной, отвратительный prata strunt, urusel ที่ไร้สาระ, น่ารังเกียจ berbat tồi tệ, vớ vẩn 垃圾的, 糟糕的