LOUSY (lousier, lousiest)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: lousier    , lousiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lousy mean? 

• LOUSY (adjective)
  The adjective LOUSY has 3 senses:

1. very bad

2. infested with lice

3. vile; despicable

  Familiarity information: LOUSY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOUSY (adjective)

Comparative: lousier   
Superlative: lousiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very bad

Synonyms:

crappy; icky; lousy; rotten; shitty; stinking; stinky

Context example:

it's a stinking world

Similar:

bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

lousiness (the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Infested with lice

Context example:

burned their lousy clothes

Similar:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

Derivation:

louse (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)

louse (wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds)

louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)

lousiness (infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Vile; despicable

Synonyms:

dirty; filthy; lousy

Context example:

a filthy traitor

Similar:

awful; nasty (offensive or even (of persons) malicious)

Derivation:

lousiness (the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions)