Synonyms for louse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun lous; verb lous, louz
Phonetic Transcription : noun laÊŠs; verb laÊŠs, laÊŠz


Définition of louse

Origin :
  • "parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin," Old English lus, from Proto-Germanic *lus (cf. Old Norse lus, Middle Dutch luus, Dutch luis, Old High German lus, German Laus), from PIE *lus- "louse" (cf. Welsh lleuen "louse"). Slang meaning "obnoxious person" is from 1630s. The plural lice (Old English lys) shows effects of i-mutation. The verb meaning "to clear of lice" is from late 14c.; to louse up "ruin, botch" first attested 1934, from the literal sense (of bedding), from 1931.
  • noun bad person
Example sentences :
  • Said the other: "I will become a louse, so as to be able to stay always in her bosom."
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • The man might be a louse, but he was also a fighting machine of first order, still.
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • Dont claw your back as if after a flea; or your head, as if after a louse.
  • Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various
  • There's always stuff in the way to louse up a good flight plan.
  • Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • The man has not the soul of a louse, and as for her, she's the finest gold!
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • "I too know it wasn't a louse," he answered, looking strangely at her.
  • Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • I discovered my first louse while I was at luncheon in the trenches.
  • Extract from : « Training for the Trenches » by Leslie Vickers
  • He is not a louse, like the papers have been making him out.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • "Awa wi' ye, or a'll louse the dog," an honest woman was saying.
  • Extract from : « The Days of Auld Lang Syne » by Ian MacLaren
  • Or does that louse Emory deliberately saddle me with them when I'm on a mission?
  • Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth

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