lousy
pronunciation
How to pronounce lousy in British English:
UK [ˈlaʊzi]
How to pronounce lousy in American English:
US [ˈlaʊzi]
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- Adjective:
- very bad
- infested with lice
- vile; despicable
Word Origin
- lousy (adj.)
- mid-14c., lousi, "infested with lice," from louse + -y (2). Figurative use as a generic adjective of abuse dates from late 14c.; sense of "swarming with" (money, etc.) is American English slang from 1843. Related: Lousiness.
Example
- 1. Only a lousy two-bit punk would ever hit a woman .
- 2. It turns out that looking at rows of numbers is a lousy , or at least insufficient , way to predict an uprising .
- 3. I went to the g20 summit in london and all I got was this lousy t-shirt .
- 4. That leaves the rbi with a lousy option , to temper demand by disproportionately hitting the narrow range of activity that is sensitive to interest rates , in particular private-sector investment .
- 5. We must stress the importance of listening to our emotions and not the guesses as we often do : " I 'm sad , it must be because of this lousy weather . "