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lou‧sy
comparative lousier, superlative lousiest
comparative lousier, superlative lousiest1 especially spoken of very bad quality [= awful, terrible]: 
What lousy weather!The food was lousy. a lousy film
What lousy weather!The food was lousy.a lousy film3 spoken not very good at doing something [= hopeless, terrible] a lousy teacher
a lousy teacher4 spoken small, useless, or unimportant : He left me a lousy fifty cent tip.
He left me a lousy fifty cent tip.5
be lousy with something
American English old-fashioneda) a place that is lousy with people of a particular kind is too full of them : The town was lousy with tourists.
The town was lousy with tourists.b) someone who is lousy with money has a lot more of it than they need
WORD FOCUS: bad WORD FOCUS: bad 
very bad: awful, terrible, horrible, lousy informal, appalling, ghastly, atrocious, horrendous
bad, but not very bad: not very good, mediocre, second-rate, so-so, lacklustre
of bad quality: shoddy, inferior, poor quality, cheap, crummy informal
bad at doing something: be no good at something
very bad at doing something: hopeless, terrible, useless, lousy informal, incompetent
morally bad: evil, wicked, immoral, corrupt, sick, perverted, degenerate
➔ See also bad
WORD FOCUS: bad very bad: awful, terrible, horrible, lousy informal, appalling, ghastly, atrocious, horrendous
bad, but not very bad: not very good, mediocre, second-rate, so-so, lacklustre
of bad quality: shoddy, inferior, poor quality, cheap, crummy informal
bad at doing something: be no good at something
very bad at doing something: hopeless, terrible, useless, lousy informal, incompetent
morally bad: evil, wicked, immoral, corrupt, sick, perverted, degenerate
➔ See also bad
