informal

1 . bad or poor

• She got lousy grades in high school.
• I like the work, but the pay is lousy.
• He was a lousy husband.

of poor quality : not good or skillful

• They did a lousy job.
• a lousy cook/driver
• a lousy performance

— often + at or with

• He is lousy at sports/math/cooking.
• She’s lousy with kids.

2 .not well or healthy

• We could see that she was feeling lousy.
• He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.