lousy

nul, lamentable

Très mauvais ou de mauvaise qualité.

En anglais simple : Very bad or of poor quality.

• The food was lousy.
• I felt lousy after the long journey.
• Why did we choose such a lousy hotel?

Synonymes : terrible, awful, poor

Contraires : great, excellent

Expressions courantes : lousy service, lousy weather, feel lousy

misérable, maigre

Exprime le mécontentement devant une somme ou une récompense bien inférieure à ce qu’on souhaitait.

En anglais simple : Used to show anger because an amount or reward is much less than you wanted.

• They paid me one lousy dollar.
• After all that work, I got a lousy badge.
• He gave us five lousy minutes to explain.

Synonymes : measly, paltry

Contraires : generous

Expressions courantes : one lousy dollar, a lousy penny, a lousy reward

crasseux, sale

Sale ou très mal rangé.

En anglais simple : Dirty or very untidy.

• He slept in a lousy room.
• We spent the morning cleaning the lousy garage.
• She washed his lousy clothes before packing them.

Synonymes : filthy, grubby, messy

Contraires : clean, tidy

Expressions courantes : lousy room, lousy garage, lousy clothes

pouilleux

Qui a beaucoup de poux sur le corps ou dans les vêtements.

En anglais simple : Having many tiny insects called lice living on the body or in clothing.

• The prisoners arrived lousy and hungry.
• They burned the lousy bedding.
• His lousy hair needed careful treatment.

Synonymes : lice-infested

Expressions courantes : lousy hair, lousy clothing, lousy prisoners