What does Lousy mean?

Definitions for Lousy
ˈlaʊ zilousy

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Lousy.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective

    very bad

    "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

  2. lousyadjective

    infested with lice

    "burned their lousy clothes"

  3. dirty, filthy, lousyadjective

    vile; despicable

    "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

GCIDE

  1. Lousyadjective

    Very bad; as, to feel lousy; to do a lousy job.

Wiktionary

  1. lousyadjective

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

  2. lousyadjective

    Infested with lice.

  3. lousyadjective

    Filled or packed with something.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lousyadjective

    Etymology: from louse.

    Let him be daub’d with lace, live high and whore,
    Sometimes be lousy, but be never poor. John Dryden, Juv.

    Sweetbriar and gooseberry are only lousy in dry times, or very hot places. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    I pray you now remembrance on the lousy knave mine host.
    A lousy knave, to have his gibes and his mockeries. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. lousy

    Lousy is an adjective referring to something extremely poor in quality, performance or condition; substandard or inferior. It can also be used to describe unpleasant or miserable conditions or feelings. Additionally, it can refer to being infested with lice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lousyadjective

    infested with lice

  2. Lousyadjective

    mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lousy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lousy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Lousy in a Sentence

  1. Newt Gingrich:

    I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.

  2. Donald Trump:

    He has done such a lousy job as president, you're lucky I didn't run last time when Romney ran because you would have been a one-term president.

  3. Ray Douglas Bradbury:

    Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

  4. Donald Sterling:

    In your lousy f**ing Instagrams, you don't have to have yourself with -- walking with black people.

  5. El Moussa:

    It doesn’t matter the struggle, it could be a failing business, a bad breakup, mental health, physical health or even just a lousy few months, we’re going to reach out to them and find the absolute best way to put a smile on their face.

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