Synonyms for lousy
ˈlaʊ zilousy

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1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinkyadjective

   very bad

   "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

   Synonyms:
   noisome, icky, malodorous, filthy, smelly, crappy, fetid, ill-smelling, malodourous, ill-scented, foetid, foul, rotten, unpleasant-smelling, stinky, decayed, dirty, rotted, gooey, stinking, shitty, foul-smelling, funky

   Antonyms:
   good, nice, clean

2. lousyadjective

   infested with lice

   "burned their lousy clothes"

   Synonyms:
   stinking, shitty, icky, rotten, stinky, filthy, crappy, dirty

   Antonyms:
   clean, good, nice

3. dirty, filthy, lousyadjective

   vile; despicable

   "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

   Synonyms:
   soiled, cruddy, smutty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, stinky, dingy, crappy, filthy, cheating(a), nasty, stinking, unclean, rotten, shitty, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, foul, contaminating, sordid, icky, dirty, muddy, muddied

   Antonyms:
   good, clean, nice

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1. List of paraphrases for "lousy":

   miserable, rotten, bad, wretched, measly, ugly, pathetic

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How to use lousy in a sentence?

1. Lisa Damour:

   ‘Clearly, part of you wants to hang out with that classmate, but another part of you knows that every time you do, you walk away feeling lousy. Help me understand this,’.

2. Gail Saltz:

   Children lack good judgment. They might do things that are lousy ideas, but seem good in the moment. Once the cat is out of the bag -- and the video is online -- there is not a whole lot you can do about it.

3. Gary Gensler:

   The streaming apps figured out a long time ago that I'm kind of a rom-com guy, you thought I was a thriller guy, but it's rom-com. If I lose an hour and a half and it was a lousy rom-com, alright.

4. Anonymous:

   All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.

5. Brad Bannon:

   It's almost like he's running because this billionaire wants to stop Elizabeth Warren, it's lousy for Joe Biden but great for Elizabeth Warren.