Mediocre vs Lousy - What's the difference?
mediocre | lousy |
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
* No offense, but your cooking is lousy .
Infested with lice.
(colloquial) Filled or packed with something.
* The place was lousy with students .
* She's lousy with credit cards, goes shopping every day!
As adjectives the difference between mediocre and lousy
is that mediocre is mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality) while lousy is remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.mediocre
English
Alternative forms
* mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.