lowlife

See also: low-life

English

Alternative forms

• low-life, low life

Etymology

From low +‎ life.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊlaɪf/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊlaɪf/
• Hyphenation: low‧life

Adjective

lowlife (comparative more lowlife, superlative most lowlife)

1. Lacking morality.
2. Seemingly mischievous and troublesome to society.

Noun

lowlife (plural lowlifes or lowlives)

1. (derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.

   They say all the lowlifes used to hang out at the docks and plot their despicable crimes, before being elected to public office.

2. (derogatory) A person who is rebuked by their community for their behavior.
3. (derogatory) A person of low socio-economic status, especially due to their illicit history.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:criminal and Thesaurus:jerk

Translations

untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person

• Dutch: viezerik (nl) m
• Esperanto: kanajlo (eo), abomenulo
• Faroese: vittuggi n, óvætti n, skarnsvætti n, bølmenni n
• Finnish: lurjus (fi), ketku (fi)
• German: zwielichtige Gestalt f, zwielichtige Person f, suspekter Typ m, Gesindel (de) n (collective), Pack (de) n, Abschaum (de) m
• Indonesian: sampah masyarakat (id)
• Polish: szumowina (pl) f, zwyrodnialec (pl) m
• Russian: отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok), шваль (ru) f (švalʹ), сво́лочь (ru) f (svóločʹ)
• Spanish: canalla (es), rufián (es)
• Swedish: skurk (sv)