lousy

CEFRC1

/ˈlaʊ.zi/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very bad or unpleasant.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Unwanted and often unpleasant., Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

Examples

  • I expect it's his lousy personality that drives off the ladies.

  • Tom did a lousy job.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

  2. Unwanted and often unpleasant.

  3. Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.

More examples

In context

  • I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

  • No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

  • I cleaned the lousy garage.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.