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Webster 1913 Edition
Lousy
Lous′y
,Adj.
1.
Infested with lice.
2.
Mean; contemptible;
as,
. lousy
knave[informal]
Webster 1828 Edition
Lousy
LOUS'Y
,Adj.
1.
Swarming with lice; infested with lice.2.
Mean; low; contemptible; as a lousy knave.Definition 2024
lousy
lousy
English
Adjective
lousy (comparative lousier, superlative lousiest)
- Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
- No offense, but your cooking is lousy.
- Infested with lice.
- (colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
- The place was lousy with students.
- She's lousy with credit cards, goes shopping every day!
Usage notes
Prior to World War II, it was an offensive insult, implying filthiness. Now considered a mild or rather dated term.
Translations
remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded
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Infested with lice
filled with