[ UK /lˈa‍ʊsi/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaʊzi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. infested with lice
    burned their lousy clothes
  2. vile; despicable
    a dirty (or lousy) trick
    a filthy traitor
  3. very bad
    it's a stinking world
    a lousy play
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How To Use lousy In A Sentence

  • These successes, if that is what they are, are tinged with a jealousy that legal writers elsewhere have a more publicly acknowledged involvement in moulding the law's development.
  • Oh, damn the lousy tribe of them!" cried he, beating his palm upon the table; "what's Long Davie the dempster thinking of to be letting such folk come scorning here? Doom Castle
  • He discovers he is aroused by jealousy, so he encourages the young doctor to flirt with his wife.
  • Few things grate a Canadian hockey fan more than seeing one of our national teams lose to an American team, especially when the game was decided by a lousy, fluky goal.
  • They are poor amid wealth and their living conditions are lousy.
  • Jealousy and suspicion are eroding our friendship.
  • Those on the left side accentuate anger, hate, jealousy, and selfishness. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
  • Old Drury Lane has called me in, with jealousy to cover 'em, And sent me round with their own bills, to go and plaster over 'em.
  • In love you have patience, kindness, the absence of jealousy, pride and boastfulness.
  • The book of Revelation is lousy Greek.Yes sir.
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