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lowlife

noun

low·​life ˈlō-ˌlīf How to pronounce lowlife (audio)
plural lowlifes ˈlō-ˌlīfs How to pronounce lowlife (audio) also lowlives ˈlō-ˌlīvz How to pronounce lowlife (audio)
1
: a person of low social status
2
: a person of low moral character
low-life adjective

Example Sentences

hanging around with a bunch of lowlifes
Recent Examples on the Web Baker is a convincing lowlife, his supporting cast is outstanding, and the composer Raffertie’s distorted electric guitar score brings an edgy energy. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 His bailiwick is seamy realism, walking the edge of soft-core as lowlife exploiter Larry Clark did with Kids, but never transcending it. Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2021 In such circumstances, the justifiably paranoid mind naturally believes this snippet of film, stolen at random by a lowlife pickpocket, could decide the fate of the planet. Mark Jacobson, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021 Earnest, who was tied to a device that prevented him from turning to the audience, showed no visible reaction during the two-hour hearing as speakers called him a lowlife coward, an evil animal and a monster. Elliot Spagat, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021 Earnest, who was tied to a device that prevented him from turning to the audience, showed no visible reaction during the two-hour hearing as speakers called him a lowlife coward, an evil animal, and a monster. BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021 Earnest, who was tied to a device that prevented him from turning to the audience, showed no visible reaction during the two-hour hearing as speakers called him a lowlife coward, an evil animal and a monster. Elliot Spagat, ajc, 1 Oct. 2021 Set in an eastern district of Amman, the film follows a lowlife whose desire to run away with his respectable girlfriend leads him and others to make very foolish alliances. Jay Weissberg, Variety, 18 Aug. 2021 But that need not extend into taking out frustrations on or being a lowlife towards the opposition. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of lowlife was in 1902

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