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lous·y
(lou′zē)adj. lous·i·er, lous·i·est
1. Inferior or worthless: a lousy play.
2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick.
3. Sick or unwell: I feel really lousy.
4. Infested with lice.
5. Slang Abundantly supplied: lousy with money.
lous′i·ly adv.
lous′i·ness n.
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lousy
(ˈlaʊzɪ)adj, lousier or lousiest
1. slang very mean or unpleasant: a lousy thing to do.
2. slang inferior or bad: this is a lousy film.
3. infested with lice
4. (foll by with) slang
a. provided with an excessive amount (of): he's lousy with money.
b. full of or teeming with
ˈlousily adv
ˈlousiness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
lous•y
(ˈlaʊ zi)adj. lous•i•er, lous•i•est.
1. infested with lice.
2. Informal.
Idioms: a. mean; contemptible: That was a lousy thing to do.
b. wretchedly bad; miserable: a lousy job of repainting.
lousy with, Slang. well supplied with: lousy with money.
[1350–1400]
lous′i•ly, adv.
lous′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | lousy - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| 2. | lousy - infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes" dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" | |
| 3. | lousy - vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" |
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lousy
adjective
1. (Slang) inferior, bad, poor, terrible, awful, no good, miserable, rotten (informal), duff, second-rate, shoddy, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), for the birds (informal), shitty (taboo slang), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. slang), slovenly, poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), bush-league (Austral. & N.Z. informal), not much cop (Brit. slang), tinhorn (U.S. slang), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal) The menu is limited and the food is lousy.
2. unwell, poorly (informal), ill, sick, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), seedy (informal), queasy, out of sorts (informal), off-colour, under the weather (informal) I wasn't actually sick but I was feeling lousy.
3. (Slang) mean, low, base, dirty, vicious, rotten (informal), vile, despicable, hateful, contemptible, shitty (taboo slang) This is just lousy, cheap, fraudulent behaviour from the government.
4. (Slang) (with with) well-supplied with, rolling in (slang), not short of, amply supplied with a hotel lousy with fleas
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lousy
adjective1. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:
abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, low, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched.
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Translations
mizernýzavšivený
elendighave lus
kurjasurkea
bezvezanodvratan
tetves
hræîilegur, lélegurlúsugur
だめな卑劣な
비열한하찮은
prata strunturusel
ที่ไร้สาระน่ารังเกียจ
berbatbitli
tồi tệvớ vẩn
lousy
[ˈlaʊzɪ] ADJ (lousier (compar) (lousiest (superl)))1. (= louse-ridden) → piojoso
2. (= very bad) [climate, food] → asqueroso; [secretary, driver] → malísimo, pésimo
it was a lousy meal → fue una comida asquerosa
I'm a lousy player → juego fatal
all for a few lousy quid → todo por unas cochinas libras
we had a lousy time → lo pasamos fatal
what a lousy trick! → ¡qué cerdada!
I feel lousy → me siento fatal
it was a lousy meal → fue una comida asquerosa
I'm a lousy player → juego fatal
all for a few lousy quid → todo por unas cochinas libras
we had a lousy time → lo pasamos fatal
what a lousy trick! → ¡qué cerdada!
I feel lousy → me siento fatal
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lousy
[ˈlaʊzi] adj [idea, film, book] → nul(le); [food] → infect(e)Why did my father make so many lousy movies? → Pourquoi mon père a-t-il tourné autant de films nuls?
The food in the canteen is lousy → La nourriture de la cantine est infecte.
I told them it was a lousy idea → Je leur ai dit que c'était nul comme idée.
I'm a lousy cook → Je suis nul en cuisine.
to feel lousy → être mal fichu(e)
to be lousy at sth → être nul(le) en qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lousy
adj
→ verlaust; he is lousy with money (inf) → er ist stinkreich (inf); this place is lousy with cops (inf) → hier wimmelt es nur so von Polizei (inf)
(inf: = very bad) → mies (inf); trick etc → fies (inf); I’m lousy at arithmetic → in Mathe bin ich mies or miserabel (inf); he is lousy at (playing) golf or a lousy golfer → er spielt miserabel Golf (inf); you’ve done a lousy job → du hast saumäßig gearbeitet (sl); to have lousy luck → saumäßiges Pech haben (inf); to feel lousy → sich mies fühlen (inf); I feel lousy about it → mir ist gar nicht wohl bei dem Gedanken daran
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
lousy
[ˈlaʊzɪ] adj (Med) → pidocchioso/a (fam) (very bad) → schifoso/a; (headache, cough) → orrendo/ato feel lousy → stare da cani
she's a lousy cook → fa schifo come cuoca
a lousy trick → uno sporco trucco
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
louse1
(laus) – plural lice (lais) – noun a type of wingless, blood-sucking insect, sometimes found on the bodies of animals and people.
lousy (ˈlauzi) adjective1. having lice.
2. really terrible. I'm a lousy cook.
ˈlousiness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lousy
→ تافِه, سَيِءٌ mizerný elendig miserabel, unsinnig άθλιος, άχρηστος pésimo kurja, surkea infect, nul bezvezan, odvratan pessimo, schifoso だめな, 卑劣な 비열한, 하찮은 waardeloos dårlig, tåpelig bzdurny, wstrętny de má qualidade, ruim, sem qualidade дрянной, отвратительный prata strunt, urusel ที่ไร้สาระ, น่ารังเกียจ berbat tồi tệ, vớ vẩn 垃圾的, 糟糕的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009