lowlife

See also: low-life

English

Alternative forms

• low-life, low life

Etymology

low +‎ life

Pronunciation

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

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.

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)