lowsie

Adjective

lousy (comparative lousier, superlative lousiest)

1. (colloquial) Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.
   • I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

   Synonyms:

   disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid

2. (colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
   • No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

   Synonyms:

   disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid

3. (colloquial) Dirty or untidy.
   • I cleaned the lousy garage.

   Synonyms:

   disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid

4. (colloquial) Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
   • I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.

   Synonyms:

   disagreeable, undesired, abhorrant, abhorrent, bad, sickly, mean, infernal, bum, horrid

5. (colloquial) Unwell; under the weather.
   • I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.

   Synonyms:

   bad, poorly, sick, ailing, crank, crook, green about the gills, icky, ill, indisposed

6. Infested with lice.

   Synonyms:

   licey

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