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What (who) is lousy - definition
lousy
(lousier, lousiest)
1.
If you describe something as lousy, you mean that it is of very bad quality or that you do not like it. (INFORMAL)
He blamed Fiona for a lousy weekend...
It's lousy to be the new kid.
= rotten
ADJ
2.
If you describe someone as lousy, you mean that they are very bad at something they do. (INFORMAL)
I was a lousy secretary...
There can be no argument about how lousy he is at public relations.
= awful, terrible
ADJ: oft ADJ at n
3.
If you describe the number or amount of something as lousy, you mean it is smaller than you think it should be. (INFORMAL)
The pay is lousy.
ADJ
4.
If you feel lousy, you feel very ill. (INFORMAL)
I wasn't actually sick but I felt lousy.
ADJ: feel/look ADJ
Lousy
·adj Infested with lice.
II. Lousy ·adj Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave.
lousy
adj. (slang) lousy to + inf. (it's lousy to be without work = it's lousy being without work)
Examples of use of lousy
1. Another lousy Christmas season is virtually taken for granted.
2. "I think he‘d make a lousy vice president," Graham said.
3. Life in the trenches was dirty, lousy, unsanitary.
4. "You‘re a lousy hostage," she was told at one point.
5. And beware your own lousy judgment when over–chuffed.