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lowsy

lowsy is the obsolete spelling of lousy.

Meaning of lousy

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.
  2. (colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
    • No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
  3. (colloquial) Dirty or untidy.
    • I cleaned the lousy garage.
  4. (colloquial) Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
    • I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
  5. (colloquial) Unwell; under the weather.
    • I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.
  6. Infested with lice.
    Synonyms:
    licey

See all 7 meanings of lousy

Forms of lowsy

comparativemore lowsy
superlativemost lowsy

Questions about lowsy

What is lowsy the obsolete spelling of?
Lowsy is the obsolete spelling of lousy.

Words near lowsy in the dictionary

  1. lowsome
  2. Lowson
  3. lowstand
  4. lowstands
  5. lowsun
  6. lowsy
  7. lowth
  8. Lowther
  9. Lowtherian
  10. Lowtherite
  11. Lowtherites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lowsy (page history and authors); lousy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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