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Lousiness

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Noun

1. lousiness, pediculosis

infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching

2. loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness

the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Example Sentences:
'the vileness of his language surprised us'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lousiness

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adjectiveWord forms: lousier or lousiest
1. slang
very mean or unpleasant
a lousy thing to do
2. slang
inferior or bad
this is a lousy film
3. 
infested with lice
4. (foll by with) slang
a. 
provided with an excessive amount (of)
he's lousy with money
b. 
full of or teeming with

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Lousiness

see synonyms of lousiness
adjectiveWord forms: ˈlousier or ˈlousiest
1. 
infested with lice
2. 
covered with specks
said of silk
3.  Slang
dirty, disgusting, or contemptible
4.  US, Slang
poor; inferior
a generalized epithet of disapproval
5.  US, Slang
well supplied or oversupplied (with)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lousiness

see synonyms of lousiness
adj. lous·i·er, lous·i·est
1. Inferior or worthless: a lousy play.
2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick.
3. Sick or unwell: I feel really lousy.
4. Infested with lice.
5. Slang Abundantly supplied: lousy with money.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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