lowlife

Plural: lowlifes, lowlives

Noun

• A disreputable or despicable person, often of low social standing.
• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
• An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
• A person who is rebuked by their community for their behavior.
• A person of low socio-economic status, especially due to their illicit background.

Adj

• Lacking morality.
• Seemingly mischievous and troublesome to society.

Examples

• Playing a known lowlife word like ’SCUM’ felt appropriate for his opponent.
• They say all the lowlifes used to hang out at the docks and plot their despicable crimes, before being elected to public office.

Synonyms

bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, criminal and Thesaurus:jerk