lousy

Other forms of lousy

comparative or superlative

lousier

comparative or superlative

lousiest

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 lousy

What does lousy mean?

lousy means "very bad". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lousy?

lousy has 2 syllables: lou-sy. The stress falls on "lou". In IPA it is /ˈlaʊzi/.

What is another word for lousy?

Close synonyms include icky, crappy, rotten, shitty, stinking. 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 lousy a common word?

lousy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.