lousiness

1. 1.

   infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching

   Synonymspediculosis

   Broaderinfestation

   Narrowerpediculosis capitispediculosis corporispediculosis pubis
2. 2.

   the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

   “the vileness of his language surprised us”

   Synonymsloathsomenessrepulsivenesssliminessvilenesswickedness

   Broaderoffensiveness

Other forms of lousiness

plural

lousinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lousiness

What does lousiness mean?

lousiness means "infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lousiness?

lousiness has 3 syllables: lou-si-ness. The stress falls on "lou". In IPA it is /ˈlaʊzinəs/.

What is another word for lousiness?

Close synonyms include pediculosis, loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lousiness a common word?

lousiness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.