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Very poor or bad

Used to express anger, contempt, or annoyance

Infested with lice

Filled or well-supplied with something

Of poor or inferior quality

Ridiculously small or inadequate

Infested with vermin

Not liked or popular

Having or displaying ill will

Lacking initiative or strength of character

Careless or negligent in doing something

The state or quality of being ungracious

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Adjective

Very poor or bad

bargain-basement

dissatisfactory

not up to scratch

a load of pants

strictly for the birds

not up to snuff

leaving much to be desired

good-for-nothing

cheap and nasty

less-than-stellar

no great shakes

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

twopenny-halfpenny

not good enough

very unpleasant

poverty-stricken

not up to standard

beyond the pale

unable to do something for toffee

stinking to high heaven

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

beyond contempt

end-of-the-pier

thrown together

lowest of the low

foolish-looking

of poor quality

not quite the done thing

leaving a lot to be desired

unable to do something to save one's life

strong-smelling

down-at-the-heels

bottom-of-barrel

not functioning

in a state of disrepair

undistinguished

lower in status

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

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“It should come as no surprise that the result is a poor selection of expensive lousy telephone security products.”

Adjective

Used to express anger, contempt, or annoyance

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

good-for-nothing

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

very unpleasant

beneath contempt

good-for-naught

against the rules

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“If we want to discourage violence and aggression in our country, we need to look at its causes and I doubt that all this anger stemmed from a few lousy films!”

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

in poor condition

out of condition

sick as a parrot

chronically ill

not feeling up to snuff

in declining health

lacking fitness

down in the mouth

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“I was late home tonight and felt really lousy with this head cold.”

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

no end in sight

solid with people

packed to the gunwales

enough and to spare

like the Black Hole of Calcutta

coming out of ears

a thousand and one

more than enough

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Adjective

Of poor or inferior quality

good-for-nothing

bargain-basement

run-of-the-mill

run-of-the-mine

undistinguished

no great shakes

fair to middling

not up to scratch

not good enough

twopenny-halfpenny

not up to snuff

middle-of-the-road

nothing to write home about

fair-to-middling

common or garden

of no consequence

sufficiently good

moderately good

of poor quality

nothing special

nothing to get excited about

middle of the road

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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

Adjective

Infested with vermin

Adjective

Not liked or popular

cold-shouldered

out of favour^UK

out in the cold

sent to Coventry

in bad odour^UK

out of favor^US

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

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

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Adjective

Having or displaying ill will

evil-intentioned

confrontational

accidentally on purpose

extremely critical

misrepresentative

ill-intentioned

scandalmongering

dripping with malice

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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

Noun

The state or quality of being ungracious

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