lowlife

[loh-lahyf]

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noun, plural low·lifes.

a despicable person, especially a degenerate or immoral person.

Origin of lowlife

First recorded in 1785–95; low¹ + life

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Related Words for lowlife

wretched, vile, contemptible, reprehensible, loathsome, degrading, shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, culprit, pickpocket, hoodlum, felon, wrongdoer, lowlife, crook, swindler, rascal, villain, devil

British Dictionary definitions for lowlife

lowlife

noun plural -lifes

slang

a member or members of the underworld
(as modifier)his lowlife friends

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