lousy

From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse +‎ -y.

• Rhymes: -aʊzi

lousy (comparative lousier, superlative lousiest)

1. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.

   No offense, but his cooking is lousy.

   Synonym: miserable

2. Infested with lice.
3. (colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

   The place was lousy with students.

   • 2016, Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor, page 6:

     [I talked to] Annabeth about the Greek gods who hung out in New York and made her life difficult. Apparently North America was lousy with ancient gods. We had a full-blown infestation.

   Synonyms: inundated, jam-packed, teeming

• Considered an offensive insult prior to World War II, implying filthiness. Now considered a mild or rather dated term.

• lousy evil

• cootie, crab louse, crabs, louse, pubic louse