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名詞

low-life (plural low-lives or low-lifes)

1. Alternative form of lowlife.

語源

From low +‎ life.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈloʊlaɪf/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈləʊlaɪf/
• ハイフネーション: low‧life

形容詞

lowlife (comparative more lowlife, superlative most lowlife)

1. Lacking morality.
2. Seemingly mischievous and troublesome to society.

名詞

lowlife (plural lowlifes or lowlives)

1. (derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, disreputable, or otherwise immoral person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.

   They say all the lowlifes used to hang out at the docks and plot their despicable crimes, before being elected to public office.

2. (derogatory) A person who is rebuked by their community for their behavior.
3. (derogatory) A person of low socio-economic status.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:criminal and Thesaurus:jerk

派生語