Lousy and Short

Lousy

Lousy adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: I actually play a pretty lousy game of tennis

Short and lousy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Lousy".

Nearby Words: louse, lousiness, lousing, loused

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Lousy and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lousy" instead an adjective "Short".

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Heretic Lousy damage, short range, plenty of retaliation time for bad guys, can't harm ghosts at all and any other weapon is better with the Tome of Power.
  • But the song in Princess and the Pauper was lousy, which he attributed to Martin Short.
  • Video Game / Dragon Age: Inquisition The Stone-Bears have an oath of peace with the Hakkonites, but she says that oaths only last until they're broken and she's willing to aid you because the Hakkonites are short-sighted warmongers who make lousy allies.
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