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Very poor or bad in standard or quality

Deserving of hatred and contempt

Infested with lice

Unpleasant or causing distress or unhappiness

Filled or well-supplied with something

Extremely unpleasant to the senses

Having or displaying malice, evil or vindictiveness

Ridiculously small or inadequate

Infested with vermin

Undesirable or unfavorable

Lacking initiative or strength of character

Careless or negligent in doing something

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Adjective

Very poor or bad in standard or quality

dissatisfactory

bargain-basement

not up to scratch

a load of pants

strictly for the birds

not up to snuff

good-for-nothing

leaving much to be desired

cheap and nasty

no great shakes

less-than-stellar

twopenny-halfpenny

not good enough

undistinguished

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

not up to standard

unable to do something for toffee

end-of-the-pier

foolish-looking

run-of-the-mine

run-of-the-mill

lowest of the low

of poor quality

beyond the pale

not quite the done thing

leaving a lot to be desired

thrown together

beyond contempt

unable to do something to save one's life

fair to middling

down-at-the-heels

bottom-of-barrel

not functioning

in a state of disrepair

lower in status

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

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“There were a lot of unscrupulous brewers who were making cheap and lousy beer.”

Adjective

Deserving of hatred and contempt

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

unsportsmanlike

beyond contempt

beyond the pale

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

beneath contempt

against the rules

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“That lousy good-for-nothing scoundrel is going to pay for this if it takes me the rest of my life.”

Adjective

Infested with lice

“This camp was lousy with lice and fleas, and it wasn't long before I was as lousy as the rest of the boys there.”

Adjective

Ill or unwell

under the weather

green about the gills

not in good shape

not up to snuff

like death warmed up

on the sick list

at death's door

hospitalized^US

under medication

hospitalised^UK

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

slightly unwell

not up to the mark

the worse for wear

not feeling well

hypochondriacal

not a hundred percent

suffering from radiation sickness

about to throw up

green at the gills

green around the gills

running temperature

feeling terrible

green around gills

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

out of commission

confined to bed

sick as a parrot

chronically ill

in poor condition

out of condition

not feeling up to snuff

experiencing nausea

feeling nauseous

feeling nauseated

down in the mouth

in declining health

rabies-infected

foaming at the mouth

on your last legs

with sunken cheeks

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“For several days, he'd been feeling lousy with a head cold.”

Adjective

Unpleasant or causing distress or unhappiness

poverty-stricken

heart-wrenching

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

unfavourable^UK

self-reproachful

conscience-stricken

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“Hardly anyone enjoys boring, unskilled, repetitive, poorly paid work that takes place in lousy conditions.”

Adjective

Filled or well-supplied with something

like Piccadilly Circus

bursting at the seams

having a considerable amount of

having a copious amount of

thick on the ground

full to bursting

chock-a-block with

overflowing with

overloaded with

well supplied with

well provided with

well stocked with

jam-packed with

bulging at the seams

filled to capacity

filled to the brim

packed like sardines

full to capacity

full to the gunwales

full to overflowing

full to the top

full to the brim

full to the gills

up to the rafters

enough and to spare

no end in sight

solid with people

packed to the gunwales

coming out of ears

like the Black Hole of Calcutta

a thousand and one

more than enough

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“The room we were in was lousy with mirrors.”

Adjective

Extremely unpleasant to the senses

very unpleasant

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

stinking to high heaven

beyond the pale

strong-smelling

unsportsmanlike

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Adjective

Having or displaying malice, evil or vindictiveness

evil-intentioned

ill-humoured^UK

confrontational

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

accidentally on purpose

rubbing the wrong way

on a short fuse

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Adjective

Not desired

ill-favoured^UK

not in the picture

left out in cold

left out in the cold

unfavourable^UK

strictly for the birds

beyond the pale

disadvantageous

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Adjective

Ridiculously small or inadequate

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

not worth mentioning

of little account

of no consequence

not worth bothering about

of no importance

of little importance

twopenny-halfpenny

of little consequence

not worth speaking of

neither here nor there

of minor importance

of no great concern

unconsequential

counterproductive

of little import

too little too late

beside the point

of no significance

hardly worth mentioning

barely perceptible

indistinguishable

smallest amount of

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Adjective

Infested with vermin

Adjective

Undesirable or unfavorable

in bad odour^UK

out of favour^UK

out of favor^US

cold-shouldered

out in the cold

sent to Coventry

not in the swim

in the doghouse

in someone's black books

in someone's bad books

without friends

with no one to turn to

without a friend in the world

without companions

feeling friendless

surplus to requirements

all by one's self

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Adjective

Lacking initiative or strength of character

good-for-nothing

counterproductive

without success

not worth the candle

shooting blanks

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Adjective

Careless or negligent in doing something

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