lousy
Adjective Satellite
- very bad
- "a lousy play"
- infested with lice
- "burned their lousy clothes"
- vile; despicable
- "a dirty (or lousy) trick"
Adj
- Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
- Dirty or untidy.
- Unwell; under the weather.
- Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
- Infested with lice.
- Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
Adjective
- Very poor in quality; extremely bad or contemptible.
Examples
- He had a LOUSY tile rack, but still managed to pull off a respectable score.
- I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.
- I cleaned the lousy garage.
- I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
- No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
- The place was lousy with students.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.
Synonyms
crappy, dirty, filthy, icky, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky, -ridden, inundated, jam-packed, miserable, riddled, teeming
Scrabble Score: 8
lousy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlousy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lousy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary