LOUSY

lousy

(adjective) infested with lice; “burned their lousy clothes”

icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky

(adjective) very bad; “a lousy play”; “it’s a stinking world”

dirty, filthy, lousy

(adjective) vile; despicable; “a dirty (or lousy) trick”; “a filthy traitor”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

lousy (comparative lousier, superlative lousiest)

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

Synonym: miserable

Infested with lice.

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

Synonyms: inundated, jam-packed, teeming

Usage notes

• Considered an offensive insult prior to World War II, implying filthiness. Now considered a mild or rather dated term.

Source: Wiktionary


Lous"y, a.

1. Infested with lice.

2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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