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loused up

loused up is the simple past and past participle of louse up.

Meaning of louse up

Verb

louse up (third-person singular simple present louses up, present participle lousing up, simple past and past participle loused up)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
    • To be loused up by Humbolt was really a kind of privilege. It was like being the subject of a two-nosed portrait by Picasso, or an eviscerated chicken by Soutine.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 3
  2. (US, informal) To mistreat (someone).

Questions about loused up

What is loused up the simple past and past participle of?
Loused up is the simple past and past participle of louse up.

Words near loused up in the dictionary

  1. louse-ridden
  2. louseberry
  3. louseborne
  4. loused
  5. loused around
  6. loused up
  7. lousefish
  8. lousefishes
  9. louseless
  10. louselike
  11. louseling

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