1 informal a : bad or poor
▪ She got lousy grades in high school. ▪ I like the work, but the pay is lousy. ▪ He was a lousy husband. : of poor quality : not good or skillful ▪ They did a lousy job. ▪ a lousy cook/driver ▪ a lousy performance — often + at or with ▪ He is lousy [=terrible] at sports/math/cooking. ▪ She's lousy with kids.
b : not well or healthy
▪ We could see that she was feeling lousy. [=feeling ill] ▪ He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.
c : not happy or pleased
▪ I feel lousy [=sorry, bad] about what happened.
d : not pleasant
▪ We've been having lousy [=rotten] weather. ▪ It's a lousy, rainy day.
e : not right or proper
▪ That's a lousy way to treat a friend.
f — used to make an angry statement or description more forceful ▪ That lousy bastard! 2 : infested with lice ( — see 1louse 1)
▪ She got lousy grades in high school. ▪ I like the work, but the pay is lousy. ▪ He was a lousy husband. : of poor quality : not good or skillful ▪ They did a lousy job. ▪ a lousy cook/driver ▪ a lousy performance — often + at or with ▪ He is lousy [=terrible] at sports/math/cooking. ▪ She's lousy with kids.
b : not well or healthy
▪ We could see that she was feeling lousy. [=feeling ill] ▪ He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.
c : not happy or pleased
▪ I feel lousy [=sorry, bad] about what happened.
d : not pleasant
▪ We've been having lousy [=rotten] weather. ▪ It's a lousy, rainy day.
e : not right or proper
▪ That's a lousy way to treat a friend.
f — used to make an angry statement or description more forceful ▪ That lousy bastard!
lousy with
informal : having too much or too many of (something)
▪ Her family is lousy with money. [=her family is very rich] ▪ That area is lousy with tourists.
▪ Her family is lousy with money. [=her family is very rich] ▪ That area is lousy with tourists.





