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lousy
Synonyms and Antonyms of lousy
1
arousing or deserving of oneʼs loathing and disgust
abhorrent, abominable, condemnable, detestable, execrable, hateful, loathsome, odious
disgusting, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, revulsive
discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, shameful
base, ignoble, low, shabby, sordid, squalid, vile
2
falling short of a standard
bad, bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy (also crumby), deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wack [slang], wanting, wretched, wrong
abysmal, atrocious, awful, bitchin' [slang], brutal, damnable, deplorable, detestable, disastrous, dreadful, execrable, gnarly [slang], horrendous, horrible, pathetic, stinky, sucky [slang], terrible, unspeakable
bum, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, junky, lesser, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, reprehensible, rotten, rubbishy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, trashy
inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager (or meagre), mean, miserly, niggardly, scanty, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, spare, stingy
miscreant, scurrilous, villainous
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
below par (or under), from hunger
A1, bang-up, banner, boss [slang], capital, choice, crackerjack, dandy, divine, excellent, exceptional, fabulous, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-test, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, perfect, premium, prime, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful
better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special, sufficient
average, borderline, fair, mediocre, middling, minimal, so-so, unexceptional
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable
3
extremely unsatisfactory
bitchin' [slang], great, marvelous (or marvellous), wonderful
4
of low quality
indifferent, lackluster, second-class
brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
5
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, filled, full, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed
clogged, congested, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed, surfeited
alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, humming, lively
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