/ˈlaʊ.zi/
OriginFrom Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.
- colloquialRemarkably bad; of poor quality.
“No offense, but his cooking is lousy.”
- colloquialDirty or untidy.
“I cleaned the lousy garage.”
- colloquialUnwell; under the weather.
“I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.”
- colloquialUnderhanded; mean; contemptible.
“I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.”
- Infested with lice.
- colloquial, usuallyFilled or packed (with something, usually bad).
“The place was lousy with students.”
“The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row. […] And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Certainly the Palace was lousy with it. Mack and the boy”
“[I talked to] Annabeth about the Greek gods who hung out in New York and made her life difficult. Apparently North America was lousy with ancient gods. We had a full-blown infestation.”
Formslousier(comparative) · lousiest(superlative) · lowsy(alternative, obsolete) · lowsie(alternative, obsolete) · lousey(alternative, uncommon)