Meaning

7 senses
  1. Unwanted and often unpleasant.

    (colloquial)Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.

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

  2. (colloquial)Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

    No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

    lausig

    ни́зкийnízkij, подлыйpodlyj, отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj

    very bad

  3. (colloquial)Dirty or untidy.

    I cleaned the lousy garage.

  4. (colloquial)Underhanded; mean; contemptible.

    I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.

  5. (colloquial)Unwell; under the weather.

    I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.

  6. Infested with lice.

    verlaust

    вши́выйvšívyj

    infested with lice

  7. (colloquial, usually)Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

    The place was lousy with students.

    киша́щийkišáščij, напи́чканныйnapíčkannyj

Examples

60 sentences
  1. Tom says I did a lousy job.

    Том сказав, що я паршиво зробив роботу.

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  2. I'm a lousy singer.

    З мене кепський співак.

    ruЯ хреновый певец.

    deIch bin ein lausiger Sänger.

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  3. I'm a lousy cook.

    Я жалюгідний кухар.

    ruПовар из меня никакой.

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  4. Tom was in a lousy mood.

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  5. Tom is in a lousy mood.

    deTom hat miese Laune.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded:
Infested with lice:
filled with:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded:
Infested with lice:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

lousier, lousiest
Comparativelousier Lesson
Superlativelousiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

265 synonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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