lousy
/ˈlaʊzi/adjective
उच्चारण लाउज़ी
(बोलचाल में) बहुत बुरा, घटिया
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informal
very bad
(बोलचाल में) बहुत बुरा, घटिया
- What lousy weather!
- The service at the hotel was lousy.
- I had a lousy night's sleep because of the noise.
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- He is a lousy cook, so we usually order food.
- It was a lousy match, and the home side deserved to lose.
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informal
ill
(बोलचाल में) बीमार, अस्वस्थ
- I feel lousy today.
- After eating the stale food, he felt lousy and went to bed early.
- I felt lousy all morning and stayed in bed.
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- You look lousy; have you caught a cold?
- She felt lousy after the long, bumpy bus ride.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
lousy + noun (informal)
Lousy means very bad in quality; it is informal and belongs to speech or casual writing.
'Lousy' का अर्थ बहुत खराब गुणवत्ता है; यह informal है और बोलचाल या अनौपचारिक लेखन में आता है।
- The food in the canteen was lousy.
- It was a lousy day for cricket.
feel lousy
Feel lousy means to feel ill or unhappy; it takes the adjective after feel.
'Feel lousy' का अर्थ बीमार या दुखी महसूस करना है; feel के बाद adjective आता है।
- I feel lousy; I think I have a fever.
lousy at sth
Be lousy at an activity means to be very bad at it; use at before a noun or -ing.
किसी गतिविधि में बहुत बुरा होने के लिए 'lousy at' आता है; उसके बाद noun या -ing लगता है।
- Radhika is lousy at drawing.
- I am lousy at remembering faces.
a lousy + amount / price / pay
Lousy can also stress a very small and unfair amount of money.
'Lousy' बहुत कम और अनुचित धनराशि पर ज़ोर देने के लिए भी आता है।
- He was paid a lousy five hundred rupees for a week's work.
formal alternatives
In essays and formal letters, replace lousy with poor, bad or unsatisfactory.
निबंध और औपचारिक पत्रों में 'lousy' की जगह poor, bad या unsatisfactory लिखें।
- The service in the hotel was poor.
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lousy + noun
weatherservicefoodmoodideapay
- The lousy weather spoilt our picnic.
feel + lousy
feel lousylook lousysound lousytaste lousysmell lousy
- You look lousy; did you sleep at all?
lousy + at
lousy at mathslousy at singinglousy at cricketlousy at cooking
- I am lousy at cooking and live on tea.
adverb + lousy
prettyreallyabsolutelyrathertotally
- The film was pretty lousy.
lousy + result
lousy markslousy lucklousy performancelousy startlousy result
- India had a lousy start in the match.
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- The bus service in our village is absolutely lousy.
हमारे गाँव की बस सेवा बिल्कुल खराब है।
- I had a lousy night because of the mosquitoes.
मच्छरों के कारण मेरी रात बहुत खराब बीती।
- Radhika felt lousy after missing the train.
ट्रेन छूट जाने के बाद राधिका को बहुत बुरा लगा।
- He earns a lousy salary even after ten years in the firm.
फर्म में दस वर्ष बाद भी वह बहुत कम वेतन पाता है।
- That was a lousy trick to play on a friend.
मित्र के साथ यह बहुत घटिया चाल थी।
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✗ I feel lousily today.
✓ I feel lousy today.
After feel, an adjective is used, not an adverb.
'Feel' के बाद adjective आता है, adverb नहीं।
✗ She is lousy in mathematics.
✓ She is lousy at mathematics.
Use at after an adjective of ability.
योग्यता बताने वाले adjective के बाद 'at' आता है।
✗ The hotel gave us lousy services.
✓ The hotel gave us lousy service.
Service in the sense of quality of help is uncountable.
सेवा-गुणवत्ता के अर्थ में 'service' uncountable है।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
lou·sy
With -ou- and -sy (not 'lowsy' or 'lousey').
-ou- और अंत में -sy ('lowsy' या 'lousey' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the bad words in order: poor, bad, lousy (informal), awful, dreadful, terrible.
बुरे के शब्द क्रम में याद रखिए: poor, bad, lousy (अनौपचारिक), awful, dreadful, terrible।
§Grammar and usage
Note: lousy is informal and should not be used in formal writing; it comes from louse (plural lice), a small insect that lives on the bodies of people and animals.
ध्यान रखिए: lousy अनौपचारिक है और औपचारिक लेखन में नहीं लिखना चाहिए; यह louse (plural lice, जूँ) से है, एक छोटा कीड़ा जो लोगों और जानवरों के शरीर पर रहता है।