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I see you were right, but I think both choices (loathe and likely) are acceptable. I originally thought jack was saying "its unfortunate to find" or "it's disgusting to find".

Not op, but I wondered if this was a Britishism. My partner recently introduced to me to "lousy with" meaning "abundance"...

My mom who is not British and has spent almost no time outside of the Great Plains uses this term. I think the “lous” come from louse, the singular form of lice. A great abundance of not a great thing.

TIL! But my partner has heard it used in the UK like "I'm lousy with options" as in, I'm overflowing with choice. That was a fun convo as I was like ... What??

"Lousy" also has a definition of being infested with lice (the singular form of which is louse); according to the Etymology Dictionary this may be the original meaning (https://www.etymonline.com/word/lousy)

From there, it seems to have developed as an American slang to describe "infestations" of other kinds.

Had my negatives flipped- thanks for pointing out!