lousy

Speech parts

1. lousy - Adjective

2. lousy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rotten dirty filthy stinking icky stinky shitty crappy duff dicky peaky no-good crummy poor mean

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Antonyms

supreme sawyer sterling brill archangel primo

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Related terms

cootie louse crabs crab louse licey pubic louse

Phrases with the word

lousy job lousy rich lousy manners be lousy lousy guy lousy father

Derivatives

lousier lousiest

Examples

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. Lily Tomlin

I think that 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, and loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around the camp fire, but are lousy in politics. Newt Gingrich

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. Ray Bradbury

I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one. Brigitte Bardot

A lazy youth, a lousy age. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lousily lousiness lousing up lousy blow lousy comrade lousy dad