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adjective

Lousy adj.

Infested with lice.

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. (informal) "Such lousy learning as this is."

Very bad; as, to feel lousy; to do a lousy job.

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Etymology of 'Lousy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lousy" Quotes from Famous Books

... I does—its agin man's natur to be a slave. Thet lousy parson ye herd ter meetin, a Sunday, makes slavery eout a divine institooshun, but my wife's a Bible 'oman, and she says 'taint so; an' I'm d——d ef she ...

— Among the Pines - or, South in Secession Time • James R. Gilmore

... Night nurses? Think we're taking shifts keeping Mollie snuggled up warm o' nights? Go away and change yeer dhrinks. What's the hullabaloo anyway? Short o' tobacco? Or has the newest tenderfoot discovered the one lone flea in all this lousy village?" ...

— The Return of Blue Pete • Luke Allan

... have," Gerry told him. "We might even be late to class. Now wouldn't that be awful? Some jerk wants to write up a bunch of lousy report slips, ...

— The Best Made Plans • Everett B. Cole

... in your ears will be the gurgling of yellow streams. Hungrily you will search in the darkened void, swiftly you will pounce on the silver shadow.... Then you will rise again, bearing in your beak the struggling prey, And your lousy lords, whose rings are upon your throats, will take from you the catch, giving in its place a puny wriggler which can pass the gates of straw. ...

— Profiles from China • Eunice Tietjens

... why, Gussy. Simply because you get a kick out of insulting us with sardonic ideas. If we take one of them seriously, you think we're degrading ourselves, and that pleases you even more. Like making someone laugh at a lousy pun." ...

— The Creature from Cleveland Depths • Fritz Reuter Leiber

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