🇬🇧🇨🇳 lousy - 糟糕 : English Lesson

Meaning of "lousy" ("糟糕"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Lousy means really bad, crummy, or disappointing. If something is lousy, it does not work well, does not feel good, or is much worse than you hoped. You might have a lousy day when everything seems to go wrong, or eat a lousy sandwich that tastes terrible and falls apart.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The magician’s lousy disappearing act only made his dignity vanish, not the rabbit.

The robot I built was so lousy that when I said “Walk,” it lay down and took a nap instead.

I sang such a lousy song that the showerhead turned off the water in self-defense.

Our lousy Wi‑Fi is so slow that by the time a video loads, the people in it have already grown old.

My science experiment was so lousy that instead of making slime, I accidentally invented a new way for the kitchen to smell weird for three days.

It was a lousy morning: the coffee tasted lousy, the toast was lousy, and the bus had no heat. His shoes filled with rain and a phone call brought lousy news. He sat on a wet bench, laughing at the day's pile of small defeats, then bought a warm pastry and felt less lousy.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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