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lowlife

UK
/ˈləʊlaɪf/
US
/ˈloʊlaɪf/
lowlifenoun
lowlifes
pl
UK
/ˈləʊlaɪf/
US
/ˈloʊlaɪf/
Translations
bas-fondsAu pluriel dans le sens collectif du milieu criminel ou dépravé.
The novel vividly portrays the lowlife of 1920s Chicago.
Le roman dépeint vivement les bas-fonds du Chicago des années 1920.
voyouFamilier et péjoratif.
The bar was filled with lowlifes who spent their days drinking and gambling.
Le bar était rempli de voyous qui passaient leurs journées à boire et à jouer.
Definitions
A person of low social standing or bad moral character; a scoundrel.
The bar was filled with lowlifes who spent their days drinking and gambling.
The criminal or disreputable underworld; the people who make it up collectively.
The novel vividly portrays the lowlife of 1920s Chicago.
Synonyms
scoundrel
rascal
good-for-nothing
ne'er-do-well
reprobate
delinquent
miscreant
Antonyms
upstanding citizen
respectable person
honorable person
decent person
good person
saint
pillar of the community
role model
lowlifeadjective
UK
/ˈləʊlaɪf/
US
/ˈloʊlaɪf/
Used attributively to describe something characteristic of disreputable or criminal people
Translations
loucheDésigne un milieu, un lieu ou une situation douteuse et peu recommandable.
They lived in a lowlife apartment block infested with crime.
Ils vivaient dans un immeuble louche infesté par la criminalité.
Additional translations
interlopeSoutenu, pour ce qui relève d’un milieu criminel ou frauduleux.
Definitions
Disreputable, immoral, or characteristic of criminal elements.
They lived in a lowlife apartment block infested with crime.
Synonyms
seedy
sleazy
sordid
vile
despicable
contemptible
disreputable
ignoble
base
scummy
rotten
Antonyms
respectable
honorable
upright
virtuous
decent
noble
upstanding
honest
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