as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris
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Recent Examples of lowlife
Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The groper was a lowlife—a deranged doctor, bent on harvesting astronaut semen for pernicious procreative ends.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
That’s where detective Kang Dong-woo, played by Jo Woo-jin, searches for his teen daughter and ultimately enlists help from the lowlife fixer Yoon Gil-ho, played by Ji Chang-wook.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
In much of your short fiction, too, there are these semi-likeable lowlife characters.
—Hazlitt, 20 Mar. 2024
The groper was a lowlife—a deranged doctor, bent on harvesting astronaut semen for pernicious procreative ends.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
For the mom and the daughter and the civil jury sitting in judgment, that his accusations brought harassment and threats by pro-Trump lowlifes to their front door was the last straw.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Ever since 2008’s Taken opened up a surprisingly durable late-career reinvention for Liam Neeson as a taciturn action star of tough-guy dad thrillers, frequently dispatching lowlifes who mess with his family, it’s become the norm to expect more of the same.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Trump represents a father figure who is returning to the house, and there are various people living in it who are freeloaders and grifters and lowlifes abusing the kingdom.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The groper was a lowlife—a deranged doctor, bent on harvesting astronaut semen for pernicious procreative ends.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
That’s where detective Kang Dong-woo, played by Jo Woo-jin, searches for his teen daughter and ultimately enlists help from the lowlife fixer Yoon Gil-ho, played by Ji Chang-wook.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
In much of your short fiction, too, there are these semi-likeable lowlife characters.
—Hazlitt, 20 Mar. 2024
The groper was a lowlife—a deranged doctor, bent on harvesting astronaut semen for pernicious procreative ends.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
For the mom and the daughter and the civil jury sitting in judgment, that his accusations brought harassment and threats by pro-Trump lowlifes to their front door was the last straw.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Ever since 2008’s Taken opened up a surprisingly durable late-career reinvention for Liam Neeson as a taciturn action star of tough-guy dad thrillers, frequently dispatching lowlifes who mess with his family, it’s become the norm to expect more of the same.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowlife
Adjective
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Because of its moisture needs, it is best planted near a body of water, such as a pond or streambed, or in low, damp spots.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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Trim the lower branches of your hydrangea to allow air to circulate at ground level.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Alyn, much like Spiranac, gets her share of social media scoundrels in her mentions.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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The series, to be teased at Disney’s Upfronts presentation on Tuesday, portrays women helping women to leave their cheating, scoundrel husbands.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Since then, he’s been a haunted wretch of a character: stoned, sullen, stuck with recurring visions of shooting his wife and himself.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The unfortunate wretch makes an exciting escape, killing her captor in the process.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Serial killers with a code, far-future space operas, superheroes doing battle with dastardly villains.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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But just to use an example, Force Awakens sets up Snoke as the big villain of the new trilogy, with a mysterious backstory.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
Noun
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And now, without further ado, an ode to the rogues and rascals who make being hot and doing crimes in this galaxy so fun to watch.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Something tells me those wary rascals spotted us and gave us the slip.—
Percy Brown,
Outdoor Life,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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My focus is down to the ignoble little health annoyances that seem to cap and even eclipse a major setback.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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O’Neal credits the playgrounds of his childhood with giving him instincts on the court and helping instill the resilience to endure what felt like an ignoble start to his career.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Like many previous protests miscreants show up, vandalize, burn and cause damage.—
Letters to the Editor,
Oc Register,
10 June 2025
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Stephanie is hardly reformed by the consequences of her actions, and the ending suggests that this is one miscreant Charlie might have to watch out for in the future.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
29 May 2025
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“Lowlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowlife. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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