to louse
- verb
- /laʊs/
- Informal
- Before that Mr. Castro came in and loused everything up.
- louse up your day
- really louse up
Examples
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He's just trying to louse up the party.
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Gee, it sure feels good to not louse things up for once.
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Do you have to louse everything up?
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I was afraid I'd louse things up for you.
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She's gonna louse it up for all of us.
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Don't louse this up for me.
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You had everything going for you... and you went and loused it up.
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Don't louse it up.
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And then everybody's jaws dropped and their eyes bulged, and I thought, 'Oh God, I really loused myself up this time.'
Blog text (24) -
I was worried I would louse up the presentation with my nervousness.
Synonyms
To make a mistake that causes a problem
To make a mistake that ruins something because you are careless
To damage or spoil something often by carelessness
To ruin something by making mistakes or doing it badly
To make a mess of a plan or task by doing it badly
Do a job badly and make a mess of it
To ruin something by making a mistake or being careless
To ruin something by doing it badly
To spoil or ruin something by making a careless mistake
To ruin something by a careless mistake
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in clothing, bites people, and can spread disease
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and bites their skin or feathers
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and eats their feathers and skin
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A very small insect that has no wings and eats mold on books and paper and can damage them
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A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- Specialized
A small insect with strong back legs that jumps and feeds on plant juices
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in the hair of the private parts and causes itching
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A small sea animal that lives on fish and sometimes eats dead plants or animals
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds or mammals and drinks their blood
- UK
A small grey animal with a flat, segmented body that lives under damp logs or stones
How Bad
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Louse (as in 'louse up') also means 'to spoil' or 'mess up', and a helpful way to remember this is to think of lousy meaning 'bad' or 'dirty'. So to louse something up is to make it bad or ruined.