# lousy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlaʊ.zi/ · frequency rank #19,383

## Definitions
1. Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
2. Dirty or untidy.
3. Unwell; under the weather.
4. Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
5. Infested with lice.
6. Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

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

## Easily confused with
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-loy)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lucy)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lust)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lush)
- **lowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lowry)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lowly)
- **lusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lusty)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lousy-vs-lovey)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lousy)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lou-vs-lousy)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lousy)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lose-vs-lousy)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loss-vs-lousy)
- **lots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lots-vs-lousy)
- **loud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loud-vs-lousy)
- **logs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/logs-vs-lousy)
- **Lois** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lois-vs-lousy)
- **loos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loos-vs-lousy)
- **Louis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/louis-vs-lousy)
- **loose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loose-vs-lousy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llousy`, `losuy`, `loussy`, `lousyy`, `louys`, `luosy`, `olusy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lousy