lousy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /laʊ.zi/

Adjective

lousy (comparative lousier, superlative lousiest)

1. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.

   No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

   Synonyms: miserable

2. Infested with lice.
3. (colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

   The place was lousy with students.

   Synonyms: inundated, jam-packed, teeming

Related terms

• cootie, crab louse, crabs, louse, pubic louse
• licey

Translations

• French: pouilleux, minable, pourri, à chier, de merde
• German: lausig
• Italian: schifoso
• Portuguese: péssimo, horrível
• Russian: ни́зкий
• Spanish: pésimo, penoso, lamentable, malísimo, fatal

Translations

• French: pouilleux
• German: verlaust
• Italian: pidocchioso
• Portuguese: piolhoso, piolhento
• Russian: вши́вый
• Spanish: piojoso

Translations

• French: bourré
• Russian: бога́тый
• Spanish: plagado, infestado

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