Synonyms for lousy
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Crappy — unwanted and often unpleasant. Remarkably bad; of poor quality
bad, crummy informal, poor, awful, nasty, second-rate, shoddy, horrid, cheap and nasty UK, third-rate, low-quality, cheap, woeful, sad, low, inferior, one-star, low-grade, cheesy, mean, bum, corny
2. Rotten — unwanted and often unpleasant. Underhanded; mean; contemptible
rotten, miserable, dirty, filthy, pitiful, worthless, wretched, disgusting, stinking, deplorable, shabby, paltry, obnoxious, despicable, loathsome, shameful, contemptible, pitiable, vile, stinky, outrageous, reprehensible
3. Icky — unwanted and often unpleasant. Dirty or untidy
icky informal, unclean, grubby, squalid, messy, soiled, sluttish dated
4. Riddled — filled or packed (with something, usually bad)
riddled, teeming, jam-packed informal, inundated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unwanted and often unpleasant. Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
- adj. 2
Unwanted and often unpleasant. Dirty or untidy.
I cleaned the lousy garage.
- adj. 3
Unwanted and often unpleasant. Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
- adj. 4
Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
The place was lousy with students.
Example sentences
- awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
- nasty The child had a nasty cough because he had a cold.
- shoddy I've never seen this shoddy of an excuse in my life.
- filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.
- pitiful The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, low1, sad1, bum1
- 4 letters
- mean1, poor1, sick1, vile1, icky
- 5 letters
- cheap1, awful2, dirty2, nasty2, messy2, corny2, nitty2
- 6 letters
- poorly2, rotten2, filthy2, cheesy2, horrid2, shabby2, dismal2, stinky2, shoddy2, soiled1, paltry2, grubby2, woeful2, crummy2
- 7 letters
- wanting2, pitiful3, riddled2, unclean2, teeming2, squalid2
- 8 letters
- inferior4, shameful2, wretched2, stinking2, pitiable4, sluttish
- 9 letters
- miserable4, worthless2, obnoxious3, inundated4, loathsome2
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, outrageous3, despicable4, deplorable4
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- minable
- Italiano
- pietoso
- Español
- lamentable
- Deutsch
- erbärmlich