English Explanatory Dictionary

lowlife

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking morality.
  2. Seemingly mischievous and troublesome to society.
noun
  1. An untrustworthy, despicable, disreputable, or otherwise immoral person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
  2. A person who is rebuked by their community for their behavior.
  3. A person of low socio-economic status.

Pronunciation

/ˈloʊlaɪf/ /ˈləʊlaɪf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lowlife.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lowlife.wav

Word forms

lowlife more lowlife most lowlife low-life low life lowlifes lowlives

Etymology

From low + life.

Synonyms

criminal and Thesaurus:jerk

Derived words

lowlifer
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on L Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary